sterility
"sterility" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sterility” is uncommon English (frequency #51,417 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,417
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being sterile.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sterility · sterility · English
sterility · rank #51,417 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,417
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Stef
Nearest frequency peer: Stef (-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 “sterility”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stapler
stapler
48,587 corpus weight
- Stef
Stef
48,585 corpus weight
- sterility
sterility
48,584 corpus weight
- Sterne
Sterne
48,582 corpus weight
- stonework
stonework
48,579 corpus weight
- Strahan
Strahan
48,578 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sterility” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sterility |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,417 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sterility” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sterility is uncommon English at frequency #51,417 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or quality of being sterile.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sterility in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sterile + -ity, from Middle French stérilité, from Latin sterilitas. The correct English form is sterility, spelled S-T-E-R-I-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being sterile.
Etymology
From sterile + -ity, from Middle French stérilité, from Latin sterilitas.
Synonyms
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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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