unavailability
noun
unavailability is spelled U-N-A-V-A-I-L-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 14 letters and 7 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, unavailability means “The state of being unavailable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of unavailability is unavailabilities.
How many letters and syllables are in unavailability?
| Letters | 14: U-N-A-V-A-I-L-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 7 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 50,539th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is unavailability?
Unavailability appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 50,539th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce unavailability?
Unavailability has 7 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of unavailability
- unavailabilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unavailability mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being unavailable
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unavailability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being unavailable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | indisponibilité |
| German | Nichtverfügbarkeit |
| Portuguese | indisponibilidade |
| Spanish | indisponibilidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does unavailability come from?
From un- + availability.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).