sociality

/ˌsəʊ.ʃiˈælɪti/

//ˌsəʊ.ʃiˈælɪti// noun

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"sociality" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sociality” is uncommon English (frequency #93,166 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,166
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The character of being social; sociability

Corpus desk

Index EN-sociality · sociality · English

sociality · rank #93,166 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,166
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH snigger

Nearest frequency peer: snigger (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “sociality”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “sociality” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sociality
PropertyValue
Headwordsociality
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˌsəʊ.ʃiˈælɪti/
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,166
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sociality” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).socialityfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “snigger” (#93,165), “Soderberg” (#93,167), “solidus” (#93,168). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “sociality” is #93,166. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sociality is uncommon English at frequency #93,166 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌsəʊ.ʃiˈælɪti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sociality in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From social + -ity, from French socialité or directly from Latin sociālitās (“fellowship, sociality”), from sociālis (“social”), from socius (“companion, ally”) + -ālis. The correct English form is sociality, spelled S-O-C-I-A-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The character of being social; sociability
  2. 2
    The quality of an animal kind of being social.
  3. 3
    Social events or entertainments; pleasantries.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sociality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Unless opinions favorable to democracy and to aristocracy, to property and to equality, to co-operation and to competition, to luxury and to abstinence, to sociality and individuality, to liberty and discipline, and all the other standing antagonisms of practical life, are expressed with equal freedom, and enforced and defended with equal talent and energ…
  2. That the divine will is expressed by it, Cumberland, “not being so fortunate as to possess innate ideas,” tries to prove by a long inductive examination of the evidences of man's essential sociality exhibited in his physical and mental constitution.

Etymology

From social + -ity, from French socialité or directly from Latin sociālitās (“fellowship, sociality”), from sociālis (“social”), from socius (“companion, ally”) + -ālis.

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 "sociality"?
"sociality" is spelled S-O-C-I-A-L-I-T-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /ˌsəʊ.ʃiˈælɪti/.
What does "sociality" mean?
As a noun, "sociality" means: The character of being social; sociability
How do you pronounce "sociality"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sociality" is /ˌsəʊ.ʃiˈælɪti/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "sociality"?
From social + -ity, from French socialité or directly from Latin sociālitās (“fellowship, sociality”), from sociālis (“social”), from socius (“companion, ally”) + -ālis. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sociality", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Soderberg#93,167simpering#93,156steerable#93,187Steinbach#93,188

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list