motility

noun

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"motility" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“motility” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,268. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,268
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-motility · motility · English

motility · rank #43,268 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,268
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Moz

Nearest frequency peer: Moz (+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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “motility”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “motility” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

motility vs mobility
88% similar
motility vs morality
75% similar
motility vs modality
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for motility
PropertyValue
Headwordmotility
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#43,268
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “motility”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).motilitylands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Moz” (#43,269), “mongoose” (#43,266), “mucosa” (#43,270). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “motility” is #43,268. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around motility, anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,268 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for motility, with forms such as "mmotility", "moitlity", and "motiilty". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "mobility", "morality", "modality", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From motile + -ity. The correct English form is motility, spelled M-O-T-I-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being motile (moving)
  2. 2
    The degree to which something is motile

Etymology

From motile + -ity.

This word in other languages

motilidad(Español)motilité(Français)Motilität(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmotility
  • moitlity
  • motiilty
  • motilitty
  • motilityy
  • motiliyt
  • motillity
  • motiltiy
  • motliity
  • mottility
  • mtoility
  • omtility

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of motility - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmotility1moitlity2motiilty2motilitty1motilityy1motiliyt2motillity1motiltiy2
Edit distance from "motility"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "motility"?
"motility" is spelled M-O-T-I-L-I-T-Y.
What does "motility" mean?
As a noun, "motility" means: The state of being motile (moving)
What words are commonly confused with "motility"?
"motility" is commonly confused with "mobility", "morality", "modality". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "motility"?
From motile + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "motility", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mongoose#43,266matchbox#43,255Magdalen#43,247longhorn#43,242

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

oceanside12 variantsoutsmart12 variantspessimist12 variantsplaguing12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list