# susceptibility

> English word · Noun · IPA /səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti/ · frequency rank #25,602

## Definitions
1. The condition of being susceptible; vulnerability.
2. emotional sensitivity.
3. Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).
4. electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

## Etymology
From susceptible + -ity.

## Common misspellings (22)
`ssuceptibility`, `ssusceptibility`, `sucseptibility`, `suscceptibility`, `suscepitbility`, `suscepptibility`, `susceptbiility`, `susceptibbility`, `susceptibiilty`, `susceptibilitty`, `susceptibilityy`, `susceptibiliyt`, `susceptibillity`, `susceptibiltiy`, `susceptibliity`, `susceptiiblity`, `suscepttibility`, `suscetpibility`, `suscpetibility`, `susecptibility`, `sussceptibility`, `ussceptibility`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/susceptibility