profitability
/ˌpɹɑ.fɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/noun
profitability is spelled P-R-O-F-I-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 13 letters and 6 syllables. It appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, profitability means “The state or quality of being profitable; capacity to make a profit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of profitability is profitabilities.
How many letters and syllables are in profitability?
| Letters | 13: P-R-O-F-I-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.2 times per million words; the 14,928th 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 profitability?
Profitability appears 3.2 times per million words in written English, the 14,928th 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 profitability?
- UK /ˌpɹɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
- British /ˌpɹɔf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.tɪj/
- US /ˌpɹɑ.fɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
Profitability has 6 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)-Vealhurl-profitability.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with profitability?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as profitability from its last stressed vowel (/ɪlɪti/):
- availability
- mobility
- flexibility
- visibility
- hostility
- nobility
- viability
- versatility
- solubility
- permeability
- mutability
- servility
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 profitability
- profitabilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does profitability mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being profitable; capacity to make a profit.
improve profitability
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Profitability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense The quality or state of being profitable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | rentabilité |
| German | Rentabilität |
| Spanish | rentabilidad, lucratividad, proficuidad |
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 profitability come from?
From profitable + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).