immortality
/ˌɪmɔːɹˈtæləti/noun
immortality is spelled I-M-M-O-R-T-A-L-I-T-Y: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, immortality means “Never dying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of immortality is immortalities.
How many letters and syllables are in immortality?
| Letters | 11: I-M-M-O-R-T-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is immortality?
Immortality appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce immortality?
- UK /ˌɪmɔːˈtæləti/
- US /ˌɪmɔːɹˈtæləti/
Immortality has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-immortality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with immortality?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as immortality from its last stressed vowel (/æləti/):
- reality
- personality
- sexuality
- hospitality
- neutrality
- normality
- abnormality
- commonality
- punctuality
- universality
- centrality
- irrationality
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of immortality
- immortalities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does immortality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Never dying
In Greek mythology, Tithonus was granted immortality but not eternal youth.
- 2
Being remembered forever
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Immortality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition of not being susceptible to death:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | immortalité |
| German | Unsterblichkeit |
| Portuguese | imortalidade |
| Spanish | inmortalidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does immortality come from?
From Middle English immortalitee, immortalite, from Old French immortalité, from Latin immortālitās. Morphologically immortal + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).