partiality

/pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/

//pɑɹʃiˈælɪti// noun

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"partiality" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“partiality” is uncommon English (frequency #62,398 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,398
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.

Corpus desk

Index EN-partiality · partiality · English

partiality · rank #62,398 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,398
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH paramour

Nearest frequency peer: paramour (-2 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “partiality”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “partiality” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for partiality
PropertyValue
Headwordpartiality
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/
Letters10
Frequency rank#62,398
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “partiality” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).partialityfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “paramour” (#62,396), “patronised” (#62,400), “pangolin” (#62,395). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “partiality” is #62,398. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

partiality is uncommon English at frequency #62,398 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for partiality, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas. The correct English form is partiality, spelled P-A-R-T-I-A-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
  2. 2
    The quality of being partial or incomplete.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
  2. Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality.

Etymology

From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas.

Synonyms

biaspartialness

Antonyms

antibiasimpartialityimpartialnessdisinterested § Synonyms

This word in other languages

parcialidad(Español)partialité(Français)Befangenheit(Deutsch)parcialidade(Português)

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 "partiality"?
"partiality" is spelled P-A-R-T-I-A-L-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/.
What does "partiality" mean?
As a noun, "partiality" means: Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
How do you pronounce "partiality"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "partiality" is /pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/. 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 "partiality"?
From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas. 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 "partiality", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

patronised#62,400painlessly#62,393personages#62,406pianoforte#62,413

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list