virality

noun

"virality" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“virality” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or condition of being viral: tendency to spread by word of mouth or memetic action.

Corpus desk

Index EN-virality · virality · English

virality · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for virality
PropertyValue
Headwordvirality
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “virality” in English

viralitysits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

virality is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or condition of being viral: tendency to spread by word of mouth or memetic action.".

virality has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From viral + -ity. The correct English form is virality, spelled V-I-R-A-L-I-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or condition of being viral: tendency to spread by word of mouth or memetic action.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how virality appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The point is virality—content so outlandish that people can’t help but talk about it.

Etymology

From viral + -ity.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "virality"?
"virality" is spelled V-I-R-A-L-I-T-Y.
What does "virality" mean?
As a noun, "virality" means: The state or condition of being viral: tendency to spread by word of mouth or memetic action.
What is the origin of the word "virality"?
From viral + -ity. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list