liberality
/ˌlɪbəˈɹælɪti/
"liberality" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“liberality” is an uncommon English word, ranked #98,369 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #98,369
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The property of being liberal; generosity; charity.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liberality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌlɪbəˈɹælɪti/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #98,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liberality” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for liberality is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌlɪbəˈɹælɪti/. Corpus data places it at rank #98,369 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
liberality has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English liberalite, from Old French liberalité, from Latin līberālitās (“a noble, kind, or friendly disposition; generosity”), equivalent to liberal + -ity. The correct English form is liberality, spelled L-I-B-E-R-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The property of being liberal; generosity; charity.
- 2A gift; a gratuity.
- 3Candor.
- 4Impartiality.
Etymology
From Middle English liberalite, from Old French liberalité, from Latin līberālitās (“a noble, kind, or friendly disposition; generosity”), equivalent to liberal + -ity.
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 “liberality”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-I-B-E-R-A-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌlɪbəˈɹælɪti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.