normality
/nɔɹˈmæl.ə.ti/noun
normality is spelled N-O-R-M-A-L-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, normality means “The state of being normal or usual; normalcy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of normality is normalities.
How many letters and syllables are in normality?
| Letters | 9: N-O-R-M-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is normality?
Normality appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce normality?
- UK /nɔːˈmæl.ɪ.ti/
- US /nɔɹˈmæl.ə.ti/
- US [nɔɹˈmæl.ə.ɾi]
Normality has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-normality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with normality?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as normality from its last stressed vowel (/æləti/):
- reality
- personality
- sexuality
- hospitality
- neutrality
- immortality
- abnormality
- commonality
- punctuality
- universality
- centrality
- irrationality
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of normality
- normalities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does normality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being normal or usual; normalcy.
Jessie was going to wear pants to school, but her brother persuaded her to wear shorts to preserve normality.
- 2
The concentration of a solution expressed in gram equivalent weights of solute per litre of solution.
- 3
A measure of how well an observed distribution approximates a normal distribution.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Normality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | normalité |
| German | Normalität , Äquivalentkonzentration |
| Portuguese | normalidade |
| Spanish | normalidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does normality come from?
From normal + -ity, perhaps modelled on French normalité.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).