# liability

> English word · Noun · IPA /laɪəˈbɪlɪti/ · frequency rank #5,516

## Definitions
1. An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
2. An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
3. A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
4. A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
5. The likelihood of something happening.
6. The condition of being susceptible to something.

## Etymology
From liable + -ity.

## Common misspellings (13)
`ilability`, `laibility`, `liabbility`, `liabiilty`, `liabilitty`, `liabilityy`, `liabiliyt`, `liabillity`, `liabiltiy`, `liabliity`, `liaiblity`, `libaility`, `lliability`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/liability