instrumentality
/ˌɪnstɹʊmɛnˈtælɪti/
"instrumentality" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“instrumentality” is uncommon English (frequency #71,593 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,593
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The condition or quality of being instrumental; being useful; serving a purpose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | instrumentality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪnstɹʊmɛnˈtælɪti/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #71,593 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “instrumentality” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
instrumentality is uncommon English at frequency #71,593 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌɪnstɹʊmɛnˈtælɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
instrumentality has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From instrumental + -ity. The correct English form is instrumentality, spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The condition or quality of being instrumental; being useful; serving a purpose.
- 2Something that is instrumental; an instrument.
- 3A governmental organ with a specific purpose.
Etymology
From instrumental + -ity.
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.
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Using “instrumentality”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.