mobility
/moʊˈbɪlɪti/noun
mobility is spelled M-O-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mobility means “The ability to move; capacity for movement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mobility is mobilities.
How many letters and syllables are in mobility?
| Letters | 8: M-O-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,565th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mobility?
Mobility appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,565th 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).
How do you pronounce mobility?
- UK /mə(ʊ)ˈbɪlɪti/
- US /moʊˈbɪlɪti/
- US [moʊˈbɪlɪɾi]
Mobility has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mobility.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mobility?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mobility from its last stressed vowel (/ɪlɪti/):
- availability
- flexibility
- visibility
- hostility
- profitability
- nobility
- viability
- versatility
- solubility
- permeability
- mutability
- servility
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mobility
- mobilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mobility mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The ability to move; capacity for movement.
- 2
A tendency to sudden change; mutability, changeableness.
- 3
The ability of a military unit to move or be transported to a new position.
- 4
The degree to which particles of a liquid or gas are in movement.
- 5
The ability of people to move between different social levels or professional occupations.
- 6
UKobsoleteslangThe mob; the common people or rabble.
She singled you out with her eye as commander-in-chief of the mobility.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mobility in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ability to move:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mobilité |
| German | Mobilität |
| Portuguese | mobilidade |
| Spanish | movilidad |
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 mobility come from?
From Middle French mobilité, and its source, Latin mōbilitās (“mobility”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).