viability
/ˌvaɪəˈbɪlɪti/noun
viability is spelled V-I-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, viability means “The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of viability is viabilities.
How many letters and syllables are in viability?
| Letters | 9: V-I-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is viability?
Viability appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th 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 viability?
- US /ˌvaɪəˈbɪlɪti/
Viability has 5 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)-Vealhurl-viability.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with viability?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as viability from its last stressed vowel (/ɪlɪti/):
- availability
- mobility
- flexibility
- visibility
- hostility
- profitability
- nobility
- versatility
- solubility
- permeability
- mutability
- servility
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of viability
- viabilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does viability mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Viability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense property of being viable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | viabilité |
| German | Lebensfähigkeit, Überlebensfähigkeit, Gangbarkeit, Viabilität, Entwicklungsfähigkeit |
| Portuguese | viabilidade |
| Spanish | viabilidad |
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 viability come from?
From viable + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).