muliebrity
/ˌmjuːlɪˈɛbɹɪti/
"muliebrity" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“muliebrity” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
Corpus desk
Index EN-muliebrity · muliebrity · English
muliebrity · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muliebrity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmjuːlɪˈɛbɹɪti/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “muliebrity” in English
Rare enough to double-check
muliebrity is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmjuːlɪˈɛbɹɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
muliebrity doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin muliebritās (“womanhood; womanliness”), from Latin muliēbris (“feminine, womanly”) + -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being); or from muliēbris + -ity; compare Middle French muliebrité. Muliēbris is derived from mulier (“woma… The correct English form is muliebrity, spelled M-U-L-I-E-B-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being a woman; the features of a woman's nature; femininity, womanhood.
- 2The state of attainment of womanhood following maidenhood.
- 3The state of puberty in a female.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how muliebrity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Ladies of Rhodes hearing that you have loſt, / A capitoll part of your Lady ware, / Haue made their petition to Cupid, / To plague you aboue all other, / As one preiuditiall to their muliebritie.
[I]n the devising, hammering, forging and composing of the Woman, she hath had a much tenderer regard, and by a great deal more respectful heed to the delightful Consortship, and sociable Delectation of the Man, than to the Perfection and Accomplishment of the individual Womanishness, or Muliebrity.
Etymology
From Late Latin muliebritās (“womanhood; womanliness”), from Latin muliēbris (“feminine, womanly”) + -tās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being); or from muliēbris + -ity; compare Middle French muliebrité. Muliēbris is derived from mulier (“woman; wife”) (from mollior (“softer; milder; weaker”), comparative form of mollis (“soft; mild, tender; weak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“soft; tender; weak”)) + -brīs (noun suffix denoting a person).
This word in other languages
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.