sensibility

sen·si·bil·i·ty/ˌsɛn(t)səˈbɪləti/noun

sensibility is spelled S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 11 letters and 5 syllables (sen·si·bil·i·ty). It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sensibility means “Emotions or feelings arising from or relating to aesthetic or moral standards, especially those which are sensitive and thus likely to be hurt or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sensibility is sensibilities.

How many letters and syllables are in sensibility?

Letters	11: S-E-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y
Syllables	5: sen·si·bil·i·ty
In writing	1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search
Rhymes with	responsibility possibility capability probability more

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is sensibility?

Sensibility appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce sensibility?

UK /ˌsɛn(t)sɪˈbɪlɪti/
US /ˌsɛn(t)səˈbɪləti/
US [-ɾi]

Sensibility has 5 syllables, split sen·si·bil·i·ty in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sensibility.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with sensibility?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sensibility from its last stressed vowel (/ɪləti/):

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 sensibility

sensibilities plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does sensibility mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
Emotions or feelings arising from or relating to aesthetic or moral standards, especially those which are sensitive and thus likely to be hurt or offended.
I apologize if I offended your sensibilities, but that’s the truth of the matter.
2
The ability to feel, perceive, or sense; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity; also, the degree to which someone or something (especially a sensory organ or tissue) is able to respond to sensory stimuli.
3
The quality of being easily affected by external forces or stimuli; also, of a measuring instrument: the quality of being able to detect small changes in the environment.
4
Keen sensitivity to matters of creative expression or feeling; artistic or emotional awareness.
5
archaicAffected or excessive artistic or emotional awareness; the fact or quality of being overemotional; overemotionality.
6
archaicAwareness; also, understanding.
7
archaicThe capacity of something to be perceived by the senses; perceptibility.
8
archaicOf a plant or one of its parts: the ability to move in response to a stimulus.