lability
/ləˈbɪlɪti/noun
lability is a noun meaning “The state of being labile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of lability is labilities.
What does lability mean?
noun
- 1
The state of being labile.
- 2
A susceptibility to change; instability.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce lability?
- /ləˈbɪlɪti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of lability
- labilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is lability?
Lability appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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).
Lability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being labile:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Labilität |
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 lability come from?
From labile + -ity (compare French labilité, Italian labilità).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).