universality
/ˌjuː.nɪ.vɜːˈsæl.ə.ti/
"universality" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“universality” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,494. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,494
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the property of being universal, common to all members of a class
Corpus desk
Index EN-universality · universality · English
universality · rank #40,494 · 18 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,494
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unfunded
Nearest frequency peer: unfunded (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “universality”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tye
tye
59,510 corpus weight
- unchanging
unchanging
59,509 corpus weight
- unfunded
unfunded
59,508 corpus weight
- universality
universality
59,507 corpus weight
- unmet
unmet
59,505 corpus weight
- unsteady
unsteady
59,504 corpus weight
What this shows “universality” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | universality |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌjuː.nɪ.vɜːˈsæl.ə.ti/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #40,494 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “universality”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around universality (IPA /ˌjuː.nɪ.vɜːˈsæl.ə.ti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,494 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "the property of being universal, common to all members of a class".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for universality, with forms such as "nuiversality", "uinversality", and "unievrsality". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "university", "universally", "universalist", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English universalite, from Middle French universalité, from Old French, from Late Latin universalitas. By surface analysis, universal + -ity. The correct English form is universality, spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-A-L-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1the property of being universal, common to all members of a class
Etymology
From Middle English universalite, from Middle French universalité, from Old French, from Late Latin universalitas. By surface analysis, universal + -ity.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nuiversality
- uinversality
- unievrsality
- univeraslity
- univerrsality
- universailty
- universalitty
- universalityy
- universaliyt
- universallity
- universaltiy
- universlaity
- universsality
- univesrality
- univresality
- univversality
- unniversality
- unviersality
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of universality - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "universality", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).