informality
"informality" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“informality” is uncommon English (frequency #74,194 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,194
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The condition of being informal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-informality · informality · English
informality · rank #74,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,194
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH INMARSAT
Nearest frequency peer: INMARSAT (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “informality”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- incarcerate
incarcerate
25,812 corpus weight
- indescribab…
indescribably
25,810 corpus weight
- inexact
inexact
25,809 corpus weight
- informality
informality
25,807 corpus weight
- INMARSAT
INMARSAT
25,806 corpus weight
- interregnum
interregnum
25,803 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “informality” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | informality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “informality” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
informality is uncommon English at frequency #74,194 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for informality, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From informal + -ity. The correct English form is informality, spelled I-N-F-O-R-M-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The condition of being informal.
- 2An informal term or usage; a colloquialism.
Etymology
From informal + -ity.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "informality", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.