# nationality

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ · frequency rank #10,893

## Definitions
1. Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.
2. A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.
3. National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.
4. Nationalism or patriotism.
5. Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.

## Etymology
From national + -ity, perhaps after French nationalité; ultimately from Latin nātio (“nation, people”).

## Easily confused with
- **nationally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nationality-vs-nationally)
- **nationalist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nationalist-vs-nationality)
- **nationalism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nationalism-vs-nationality)

## Common misspellings (16)
`antionality`, `naitonality`, `natinoality`, `natioanlity`, `nationailty`, `nationalitty`, `nationalityy`, `nationaliyt`, `nationallity`, `nationaltiy`, `nationlaity`, `nationnality`, `natoinality`, `nattionality`, `nnationality`, `ntaionality`

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