infertility
noun
infertility is spelled I-N-F-E-R-T-I-L-I-T-Y: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, infertility means “The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of infertility is infertilities.
How many letters and syllables are in infertility?
| Letters | 11: I-N-F-E-R-T-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th 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 infertility?
Infertility appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th 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 infertility?
Infertility 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-infertility.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of infertility
- infertilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does infertility mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being infertile; of having poor fertility.
Soil infertility is a major problem for farmers.
- 2
The inability to conceive children.
Infertility is a considerable obstacle for women wishing to make a family.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Infertility in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | infertilidade |
| German | Unfruchtbarkeit |
| Spanish | esterilidad |
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 infertility come from?
From Middle French infertilité, from Late Latin infertilitas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).