livability
"livability" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“livability” is uncommon English (frequency #89,557 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,557
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being livable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-livability · livability · English
livability · rank #89,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,557
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Livi
Nearest frequency peer: Livi (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “livability”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ligase
ligase
10,450 corpus weight
- lipophilic
lipophilic
10,447 corpus weight
- livability
livability
10,444 corpus weight
- Livi
Livi
10,443 corpus weight
- LMR
LMR
10,441 corpus weight
- loftier
loftier
10,439 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “livability” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | livability |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “livability” in English
Rare enough to double-check
livability is uncommon English at frequency #89,557 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being livable.".
Zero misspellings are on record for livability in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From live + -ability. The correct English form is livability, spelled L-I-V-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The property of being livable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how livability appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The livability of the shack was questioned, but the old man had lived there for 50 years.
Etymology
From live + -ability.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).