mutability
/ˌmjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/
"mutability" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mutability” 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 quality or state of being mutable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mutability · mutability · English
mutability · 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 | mutability |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mutability” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mutability is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality or state of being mutable.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mutability, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mutabilite, from Old French mutabilite, from Latin mutabilitas; equivalent to mutable + -ity. The correct English form is mutability, spelled M-U-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality or state of being mutable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mutability appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He did indeed account somewhat unfairly for this sudden change; for besides some hard and unjust surmises concerning female fickleness and mutability, he began to suspect that he owed this want of civility to his want of horses […]
There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature.
Etymology
From Middle English mutabilite, from Old French mutabilite, from Latin mutabilitas; equivalent to mutable + -ity.
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.