possibility
pos·si·bil·i·ty/ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/noun
possibility is spelled P-O-S-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y, 5 syllables: pos·si·bil·i·ty. The wrong spelling people search most is possiblity: about 80 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 17 of all searches for the word. Possibility is a noun meaning “The quality of being possible”. The plural of possibility is possibilities.
How many letters and syllables are in possibility?
| Letters | 11: P-O-S-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: pos·si·bil·i·ty |
| In writing | 38 times per million words; the 2,581st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 5; the most searched, possiblity, about 80 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell possibility?
Possibility is spelled P-O-S-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y. 5 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 10 of the searches for possibility in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is possibility?
Possibility appears 38 times per million words in written English, the 2,581st 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 possibility?
- UK /ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
- US /ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/
- US [ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
Possibility has 5 syllables, split pos·si·bil·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-possibility.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with possibility?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as possibility from its last stressed vowel (/ɪləti/):
- responsibility
- capability
- probability
- accountability
- fertility
- sustainability
- eligibility
- instability
- vulnerability
- compatibility
- accessibility
- volatility
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 possibility
- possibilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does possibility mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being possible.
'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't.'
- 2
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
- 3
An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
- 4
obsoleteCapability, power or capacity to act.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Possibility in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality of being possible:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | possibilité |
| German | Möglichkeit |
| Portuguese | possibilidade |
| Spanish | posibilidad |
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 possibility come from?
From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).