immunity
/ɪˈmjuːnəti/noun
immunity is spelled I-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, immunity means “Protective resistance against disease” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of immunity is immunities.
How many letters and syllables are in immunity?
| Letters | 8: I-M-M-U-N-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is immunity?
Immunity appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th 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 immunity?
- /ɪˈmjuːnəti/
Immunity has 4 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-immunity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of immunity
- immunities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does immunity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Protective resistance against disease.
Some people have better immunity to diseases than others.
- 2
An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities.
- 3
An exemption from prosecution.
The prosecutor offered the lieutenant immunity for all the crimes he would testify having known to be planned by the elusive drug baron.
- 4
An exemption from penance.
- 5
An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
After winning the last round the player was granted immunity which allowed him to stay in the game even after receiving the fewest points.
- 6
A resistance to a specific thing.
Superbugs are bacteria that develop an immunity to antibiotics.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate immunity?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of immunity: immun..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Immunity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | immunité |
| German | Immunität , Freistellung |
| Portuguese | imunidade |
| Spanish | inmunidad , inviolabilidad |
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 immunity come from?
From Middle English immunite, from Old French immunité, from Latin immūnitās, in the legal sense; for the medical use see immunization. Equivalent to immune + -ity. Displaced native Old English frēols (“privilege, immunity”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).