municipality

/mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/

//mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti// noun

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"municipality" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“municipality” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,073. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,073
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
18
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

Corpus desk

Index EN-municipality · municipality · English

municipality · rank #11,073 · 18 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,073
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH mug

Nearest frequency peer: mug (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “municipality”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “municipality” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for municipality
PropertyValue
Headwordmunicipality
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/
Letters12
Frequency rank#11,073
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “municipality” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).municipalitylands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “mug” (#11,072), “milestone” (#11,071), “nd” (#11,075). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around municipality (IPA /mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,073 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for municipality, with forms such as "mmunicipality", "mnuicipality", and "muincipality". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French municipalité (Edmund Burke), from municipal + -ité, from Latin municipalis, from municipium (“free city, township”), from municeps (“citizen of a free city or township”), from mūnus (“duty, service”) + -ceps (“taker, catcher”). Equivale… The correct English form is municipality, spelled M-U-N-I-C-I-P-A-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
  2. 2
    The governing body of such a district.
  3. 3
    In the Philippines and in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, second-level administrative divisions that may house one or more cities or towns whose head of government may be called mayors or, in Mexico, municipal presidents.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how municipality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on May 29 that Louisville was one of more than 600 municipalities across the U.S. accused of obstructing immigration enforcement. The federal government called these locations “sanctuary jurisdictions,” alleging they were undermining the rule of law. Four Kentucky counties also made the list: Campbell, Fr…
  2. From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.

Etymology

Borrowed from French municipalité (Edmund Burke), from municipal + -ité, from Latin municipalis, from municipium (“free city, township”), from municeps (“citizen of a free city or township”), from mūnus (“duty, service”) + -ceps (“taker, catcher”). Equivalent to municipal + -ity.

This word in other languages

municipio(Español)municipalité(Français)Gemeinde(Deutsch)comuna(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmunicipality
  • mnuicipality
  • muincipality
  • munciipality
  • municcipality
  • municiaplity
  • municipailty
  • municipalitty
  • municipalityy
  • municipaliyt
  • municipallity
  • municipaltiy
  • municiplaity
  • municippality
  • municpiality
  • muniicpality
  • munnicipality
  • umnicipality

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of municipality - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmunicipality1mnuicipality2muincipality2munciipality2municcipality1municiaplity2municipailty2municipalitty1
Edit distance from "municipality"

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 "municipality"?
"municipality" is spelled M-U-N-I-C-I-P-A-L-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/.
What does "municipality" mean?
As a noun, "municipality" means: A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
What are common misspellings of "municipality"?
Common misspellings include "mmunicipality", "mnuicipality", "muincipality", "munciipality", "municcipality". The correct spelling is "municipality".
How do you pronounce "municipality"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "municipality" is /mjʊˌnɪsɪˈpælɪti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "municipality"?
Borrowed from French municipalité (Edmund Burke), from municipal + -ité, from Latin municipalis, from municipium (“free city, township”), from municeps (“citizen of a free city or township”), from mūnus (“duty, service”) + -ceps (“taker, catcher”)... 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 "municipality", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list