scalability
/ˌskeɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.ti/noun
scalability is spelled S-C-A-L-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scalability means “The property of being scalable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scalability is scalabilities.
How many letters and syllables are in scalability?
| Letters | 11: S-C-A-L-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,145th 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 scalability?
Scalability appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,145th 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 scalability?
- UK /ˌskeɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
- UK [ˌskeɪ̯.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti]
- US /ˌskeɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.ti/
Scalability has 5 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-scalability.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-scalability.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scalability?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scalability from its last stressed vowel (/ɪləti/):
- responsibility
- possibility
- capability
- probability
- accountability
- fertility
- sustainability
- eligibility
- instability
- vulnerability
- compatibility
- accessibility
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 scalability
- scalabilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scalability mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of being scalable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scalability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense property of being scalable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | extensibilité |
| German | Skalierbarkeit |
| Portuguese | escalabilidade |
| Spanish | escalabilidad |
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 scalability come from?
From scale + -ability or scalable + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).