plausibility
"plausibility" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plausibility” is uncommon English (frequency #50,155 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,155
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness; something worthy of praise.
Corpus desk
Index EN-plausibility · plausibility · English
plausibility · rank #50,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,155
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pincus
Nearest frequency peer: Pincus (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “plausibility”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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pillowcase
49,848 corpus weight
- Pincus
Pincus
49,847 corpus weight
- plausibility
plausibility
49,846 corpus weight
- playfulness
playfulness
49,845 corpus weight
- playroom
playroom
49,844 corpus weight
- pleural
pleural
49,843 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “plausibility” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plausibility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “plausibility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
plausibility is uncommon English at frequency #50,155 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for plausibility in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from New Latin plausibilitās. The correct English form is plausibility, spelled P-L-A-U-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness; something worthy of praise.
- 2The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive; speciousness.
- 3A plausible statement, argument etc.
- 4The fact of being believable; believability, credibility.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plausibility appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities
Plausibility, I know, can only be unmasked by shewing the absurdities it glosses over, and the simple truths it involves with specious errors.
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin plausibilitās.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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