spirituality
/ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
"spirituality" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spirituality” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #14,028 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,028
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality or state of being spiritual.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spirituality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #14,028 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spirituality” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for spirituality is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,028 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for spirituality, with forms such as "psirituality", "siprituality", and "spiirtuality". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "spiritually", "spiritualism", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spīrituālitās. The correct English form is spirituality, spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The quality or state of being spiritual.
- 2Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
- 3Appreciation for religious values.
- 4That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
- 5An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
Etymology
From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spīrituālitās.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: psirituality,siprituality,spiirtuality,spiritaulity,spirittuality,spirituailty,spiritualitty,spiritualityy,spiritualiyt,spirituallity,spiritualtiy,spiritulaity,spiriutality,spirrituality,spirtiuality,sppirituality,spriituality,sspirituality
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spirituality - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “spirituality”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “spiritually” - see the side-by-side comparison. spirituality vs spiritually
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.