# mortality

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɔɹˈtælɪti/ · frequency rank #8,321

## Definitions
1. The state or quality of being mortal.
2. The state or quality of being mortal.
3. The state or quality of being mortal.
4. The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.
5. The number of deaths; and, usually and especially, the number of deaths per time unit (usually per year), expressed as a rate.
6. Death.
7. Mortals collectively.

## Etymology
From Old French mortalite, from Latin mortālitās, from mortālis (“relating to death”), from mors (“death”); equivalent to mortal + -ity.

## Easily confused with
- **mortally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mortality-vs-mortally)
- **motility** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mortality-vs-motility)
- **morality** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morality-vs-mortality)
- **modality** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/modality-vs-mortality)
- **mentality** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mentality-vs-mortality)

## Common misspellings (14)
`mmortality`, `moratlity`, `morrtality`, `mortailty`, `mortalitty`, `mortalityy`, `mortaliyt`, `mortallity`, `mortaltiy`, `mortlaity`, `morttality`, `motrality`, `mrotality`, `omrtality`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mortality