morbidity
noun
morbidity is spelled M-O-R-B-I-D-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, morbidity means “The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of morbidity is morbidities.
How many letters and syllables are in morbidity?
| Letters | 9: M-O-R-B-I-D-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,789th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is morbidity?
Morbidity appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,789th 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 morbidity?
- US
Morbidity 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)-Flame,_not_lame-morbidity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of morbidity
- morbidities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does morbidity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being unhealthful or diseased, sometimes including the cause.
- 2
The quality of being morbid; an attitude or state of mind marked by gloom.
- 3
The incidence of a disease, as a rate of a population which is affected.
- 4
An occurrence of illness or disease, or a single symptom of that illness.
- 5
Adverse effects caused by a medical treatment such as surgery.
- 6
The sickness rate of a population.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Morbidity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality of being unhealthful or diseased:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | morbidité |
| German | Morbidität |
| Portuguese | morbilidade |
| Spanish | enfermo, morbido |
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 morbidity come from?
Recorded since 1721; from morbid + -ity, from Latin morbidus (“diseased”), from morbus (“disease”), from the root of morī (“to die”) or from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to rub, pound, wear away”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).