unpredictability
noun
unpredictability is spelled U-N-P-R-E-D-I-C-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 16 letters and 7 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, unpredictability means “The quality of being unpredictable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of unpredictability is unpredictabilities.
How many letters and syllables are in unpredictability?
| Letters | 16: U-N-P-R-E-D-I-C-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 7 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd 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 unpredictability?
Unpredictability appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd 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 unpredictability?
- US
Unpredictability 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-unpredictability.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unpredictability
- unpredictabilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unpredictability mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being unpredictable.
- 2
Something which is unpredictable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unpredictability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | imprévisibilité |
| German | Unvorhersehbarkeit |
| Portuguese | imprevisibilidade |
| Spanish | imprevisibilidad, impredecibilidad , lo imprevisible / impredecible |
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 unpredictability come from?
From un- + predictability.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).