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indispensability

noun

indispensability is spelled I-N-D-I-S-P-E-N-S-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, indispensability means “The characteristic of being indispensable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of indispensability is indispensabilities.

How many letters and syllables are in indispensability?

Letters16: I-N-D-I-S-P-E-N-S-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y
In writingabout once in every 34 million words; the 178,202nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is indispensability?

Indispensability appears about once in every 34 million words in written English, the 178,202nd 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).

Forms of indispensability

  • indispensabilities plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does indispensability mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The characteristic of being indispensable.

  2. 2

    Something indispensable.

    Beetle: Yes, I am certain I can be helpful. Indispensable! Monkey: In what way? [Beetle displays his ability with bow and arrow, firing multiple arrows on the same spot] […] Beetle: Just tell me of our quest, and I will immediately demonstr

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Indispensability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense the characteristic of being indispensable:

LanguageWords
Frenchindispensabilité
GermanUnentbehrlichkeit, Unverzichtbarkeit
Spanishindispensabilidad

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.

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