incredibility

noun

"incredibility" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“incredibility” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being incredible; incredibleness.

Corpus desk

Index EN-incredibility · incredibility · English

incredibility · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for incredibility
PropertyValue
Headwordincredibility
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “incredibility” in English

incredibilitysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incredibility is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for incredibility, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin incredibilitas, equivalent to incredible + -ity. The correct English form is incredibility, spelled I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being incredible; incredibleness.
  2. 2
    That which is incredible.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how incredibility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. But, as to its contents, who would believe such incredibilities as miracles, inspirations, or prophecies, or that God would command the perpetration of crimes like the destruction of the Canaanites?
  2. The repressed-memory therapists in Ms. Bikel's earlier documentaries were light on credentials and heavy on incredibility.

Etymology

From Latin incredibilitas, equivalent to incredible + -ity.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incredibility"?
"incredibility" is spelled I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
What does "incredibility" mean?
As a noun, "incredibility" means: The quality of being incredible; incredibleness.
What is the origin of the word "incredibility"?
From Latin incredibilitas, equivalent to incredible + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list