sodality
/səʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/
"sodality" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sodality” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A fraternity, a society or association.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sodality · sodality · English
sodality · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sodality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /səʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sodality” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sodality is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /səʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sodality, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the French sodalité or its etymon, the Latin sodālitās, from sodālis (“companion”). The correct English form is sodality, spelled S-O-D-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A fraternity, a society or association.
- 2Companionship.
- 3Spiritual communion with a divine being; a fellowship.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sodality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There’d even evolved somehow a kind of sodality or fan club that sat around, read from her books and discussed her Theory.
The story is a myth of origins, in this case the story of the origins of a sacred sodality of men in the city of Erech.
Etymology
From the French sodalité or its etymon, the Latin sodālitās, from sodālis (“companion”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.