marginality

noun

"marginality" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“marginality” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being marginal

Corpus desk

Index EN-marginality · marginality · English

marginality · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for marginality
PropertyValue
Headwordmarginality
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “marginality” in English

marginalityfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marginality is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being marginal".

marginality has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From marginal + -ity. The correct English form is marginality, spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being marginal

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how marginality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. We have all heard of places where police will not go, or where they simply cannot impose order because of the vastness and marginality of the spaces.

Etymology

From marginal + -ity.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marginality"?
"marginality" is spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-L-I-T-Y.
What does "marginality" mean?
As a noun, "marginality" means: The state of being marginal
What is the origin of the word "marginality"?
From marginal + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list