nobility

Name: nobility, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/noʊˈbɪlɪti/

//noʊˈbɪlɪti// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“nobility” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,668. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,668
frequency rank, English: 1,534
“N” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.

Corpus desk

Index EN-nobility · nobility · English

nobility · rank #15,668 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #15,668
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 1,534
PHOTO-FINISH notation

Nearest frequency peer: notation (+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.

Moroccan

84,337
nobility

84,333
notation

84,332
onstage

84,331
ordeal

84,330
ox

84,329

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

Key facts for nobility
Property	Value
Headword	nobility
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/noʊˈbɪlɪti/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#15,668
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “nobility”

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).nobilitylands here:

#15,668

#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 “notation” (#15,669), “onstage” (#15,670), “ordeal” (#15,671). Among 1,534 “N” headwords, “nobility” is #15,668. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around nobility (IPA /noʊˈbɪlɪti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,668 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for nobility, with forms such as "nboility", "nnobility", and "nobbility". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French nobilité, from Latin nobilitas. Equivalent to noble + -ity. The correct English form is nobility, spelled N-O-B-I-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

1
A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.
2
The quality of being noble.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

The castle was once home to the Scottish nobility.
Titles of nobility were passed down through generations.

Etymology

From Old French nobilité, from Latin nobilitas. Equivalent to noble + -ity.

This word in other languages

nobleza(Español)noblesse(Français)Adel(Deutsch)nobreza(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

nboility
nnobility
nobbility
nobiilty
nobilitty
nobilityy
nobiliyt
nobillity
nobiltiy
nobliity
noiblity
onbility

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nobility - 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.

Edit distance from "nobility"

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 "nobility"?

"nobility" is spelled N-O-B-I-L-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /noʊˈbɪlɪti/.

What does "nobility" mean?

As a noun, "nobility" means: A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.

What are common misspellings of "nobility"?

Common misspellings include "nboility", "nnobility", "nobbility", "nobiilty", "nobilitty". The correct spelling is "nobility".

How do you pronounce "nobility"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nobility" is /noʊˈbɪlɪti/. 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 "nobility"?

From Old French nobilité, from Latin nobilitas. Equivalent to noble + -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 "nobility", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

notation#15,669 Moroccan#15,664 politely#15,679 makeover#15,651

Similar misspelling depth

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

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