insensibility
"insensibility" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insensibility” 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 property of being insensible.
Corpus desk
Index EN-insensibility · insensibility · English
insensibility · 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
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insensibility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “insensibility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
insensibility is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being insensible.".
insensibility has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French insensibilité, from Late Latin insensibilitas. The correct English form is insensibility, spelled I-N-S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The property of being insensible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insensibility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What a deal of grief, care, and other harmful excitement does a healthy dulness and cheerful insensibility avoid!
When I recovered I found myself lying on a clean, comfortable bed, while there bent over me a physician and an elderly woman. I learned that I had been found early in the morning in the rear of the house in a state of insensibility, and that the owner of the place […] had caused me to be brought in and placed on the bed.
Etymology
From Old French insensibilité, from Late Latin insensibilitas.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.