inviolability

noun

"inviolability" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“inviolability” is uncommon English (frequency #96,092 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,092
frequency rank, English
17,902
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.

Key facts for inviolability
PropertyValue
Headwordinviolability
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#96,092
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “inviolability” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). inviolability lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inviolability is uncommon English at frequency #96,092 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.".

No misspelling variants are generated for inviolability in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French inviolabilité, from Latin inviolabilitas. The correct English form is inviolability, spelled I-N-V-I-O-L-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.

Etymology

From Middle French inviolabilité, from Latin inviolabilitas.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inviolability"?
"inviolability" is spelled I-N-V-I-O-L-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
What does "inviolability" mean?
As a noun, "inviolability" means: The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
What is the origin of the word "inviolability"?
From Middle French inviolabilité, from Latin inviolabilitas. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “inviolability”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is I-N-V-I-O-L-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list