# rationality

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #25,544

## Definitions
1. The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
2. Objective consideration.

## Etymology
From rational + -ity, from French rationalité, from Late Latin rationalitas (“rationality, reasonableness”), from Latin rationalis (“reasonable”).

## Easily confused with
- **rationally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rationality-vs-rationally)
- **rationalize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rationality-vs-rationalize)
- **rationalism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rationalism-vs-rationality)
- **rationalist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rationalist-vs-rationality)

## Common misspellings (16)
`artionality`, `raitonality`, `ratinoality`, `ratioanlity`, `rationailty`, `rationalitty`, `rationalityy`, `rationaliyt`, `rationallity`, `rationaltiy`, `rationlaity`, `rationnality`, `ratoinality`, `rattionality`, `rrationality`, `rtaionality`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rationality