tranquillity
/tɹæŋˈkwɪl.ɪ.ti/
"tranquillity" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tranquillity” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #39,132 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,132
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm.
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 | tranquillity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɹæŋˈkwɪl.ɪ.ti/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #39,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tranquillity” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tranquillity is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɹæŋˈkwɪl.ɪ.ti/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,132 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for tranquillity, with forms such as "rtanquillity", "tarnquillity", and "trannquillity". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tranquility", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tranquil + -ity, from Middle English tranquillite, from Old French tranquillite, tranquilité, from Latin tranquillitas. The correct English form is tranquillity, spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm.
Etymology
From tranquil + -ity, from Middle English tranquillite, from Old French tranquillite, tranquilité, from Latin tranquillitas.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtanquillity,tarnquillity,trannquillity,tranqiullity,tranqquillity,tranquililty,tranquillitty,tranquillityy,tranquilliyt,tranquilltiy,tranqulility,tranuqillity,traqnuillity,trnaquillity,trranquillity,ttranquillity
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tranquillity - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “tranquillity”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-L-I-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɹæŋˈkwɪl.ɪ.ti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tranquility” - see the side-by-side comparison. tranquillity vs tranquility
- 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.