Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

legibility

/ˌlɛd͡ʒ.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: leg-i-bil-i-ty
IPA: /ˌlɛd͡ʒ.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being legible or easily readable.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The legibility of this text is questionable: half the people asked said it was almost illegible, but the other half said it was easy to read."
"The legibility of a type-face is very largely dependent on the absence of similarity between those characters of pairs or triplets which are the most easily mistaken for one another."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌlɛd͡ʒ.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/
British English: /lɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

legibilities (plural)

Derived Forms

interlegibility

Synonyms

readability discernability

Antonyms

illegibility

Rhymes With

responsibility utility availability capability mobility flexibility reliability fertility hostility volatility nobility feasibility

Questions

How do you pronounce legibility?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌlɛd͡ʒ.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/.
What does legibility mean?: The property of being legible or easily readable.

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