sentimentality

noun

"sentimentality" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sentimentality” has 22 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #36,755. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,755
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords
22
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An act or state of being sentimental.

Key facts for sentimentality
PropertyValue
Headwordsentimentality
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Frequency rank#36,755
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sentimentality” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sentimentality lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around sentimentality, anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,755 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An act or state of being sentimental.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for sentimentality, with forms such as "esntimentality", "senitmentality", and "senntimentality". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sentimental + -ity. The correct English form is sentimentality, spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    An act or state of being sentimental.

Etymology

From sentimental + -ity.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esntimentality
  • senitmentality
  • senntimentality
  • sentiemntality
  • sentimenatlity
  • sentimenntality
  • sentimentailty
  • sentimentalitty
  • sentimentalityy
  • sentimentaliyt
  • sentimentallity
  • sentimentaltiy
  • sentimentlaity
  • sentimenttality
  • sentimetnality
  • sentimmentality
  • sentimnetality
  • sentmientality
  • senttimentality
  • setnimentality
  • snetimentality
  • ssentimentality

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sentimentality - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

esntimentality2senitmentality2senntimentality1sentiemntality2sentimenatlity2sentimenntality1sentimentailty2sentimentalitty1
Edit distance from "sentimentality"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sentimentality"?
"sentimentality" is spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-T-Y.
What does "sentimentality" mean?
As a noun, "sentimentality" means: An act or state of being sentimental.
What are common misspellings of "sentimentality"?
Common misspellings include "esntimentality", "senitmentality", "senntimentality", "sentiemntality", "sentimenatlity". The correct spelling is "sentimentality".
What is the origin of the word "sentimentality"?
From sentimental + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “sentimentality”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list