# reality

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹiːˈælɪti/ · frequency rank #1,375

## Definitions
1. The state of being actual or real; realness.
2. The real world.
3. A real entity, event, or other fact.
4. The entirety of all that is real.
5. An individual observer's own subjective perception of that which is real.
6. Loyalty; devotion.
7. Realty; real estate.
8. Reality television.

## Etymology
From French réalité (“quality of being real”), from Middle French realité (“property, possession”), from Medieval Latin reālitās, from Late Latin reālis (“real”), equivalent to real + -ity. Recorded since 1550 as a legal term in the sense of “fixed property” (compare real estate, realty); the sense “real existence” is attested from 1647. First attested in c. 1540.

## Easily confused with
- **really** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reality-vs-really)
- **realty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reality-vs-realty)
- **realize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reality-vs-realize)
- **rarity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rarity-vs-reality)
- **realise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realise-vs-reality)
- **readily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/readily-vs-reality)
- **realism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realism-vs-reality)
- **realist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/realist-vs-reality)

## Common misspellings (10)
`erality`, `raelity`, `reailty`, `realitty`, `realityy`, `realiyt`, `reallity`, `realtiy`, `relaity`, `rreality`

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