vulnerability
vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty/ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪləti/noun
vulnerability is spelled V-U-L-N-E-R-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y, 6 syllables: vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty. The wrong spelling people search most is vulnerablility: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 227 of all searches for the word. Vulnerability is a noun meaning “The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or…”. The plural of vulnerability is vulnerabilities.
How many letters and syllables are in vulnerability?
| Letters | 13: V-U-L-N-E-R-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6: vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty |
| In writing | 5.0 times per million words; the 11,198th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, vulnerablility, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell vulnerability?
Vulnerability is spelled V-U-L-N-E-R-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 228 of the searches for vulnerability in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is vulnerability?
Vulnerability appears 5.0 times per million words in written English, the 11,198th 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 vulnerability?
- UK /ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/
- US /ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪləti/
- US [ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪləɾi]
Vulnerability has 6 syllables, split vul·ner·a·bil·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-vulnerability.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with vulnerability?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as vulnerability from its last stressed vowel (/ɪləti/):
- responsibility
- possibility
- capability
- probability
- accountability
- fertility
- sustainability
- eligibility
- instability
- compatibility
- accessibility
- volatility
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 vulnerability
- vulnerabilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vulnerability mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
Near-synonym: weakness
- 2
A specific weakness in the protections or defences that (literally or figuratively) surround someone or something.
Near-synonyms: flaw, weakness, liability
- 3
A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate vulnerability?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of vulnerability: vuln.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vulnerability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vulnérabilité |
| German | Verwundbarkeit, Verletzbarkeit, Verletzlichkeit, Vulnerabilität , Schwachstelle, Sicherheitslücke |
| Portuguese | vulnerabilidade |
| Spanish | vulnerabilidad , vulnerabilidade |
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 vulnerability come from?
From vulnerable + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).