1) Germaneness 2) Pertinence 3) Pertinency 4) Relevance 5) Tendency 6) Utility 1) Pertinence 2) Pertinency 3) Relevance 4) Relevancy 
• (n.) The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
Ap`pli·ca·bil'i·ty noun The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. 
[n] - relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
applicability Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand.
pertinence noun relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
The potential for a reader to recognize echoes of other stories or truths in something they are reading. For example, seeing Samwise Gamgee in The Lord of the Rings as an example of the value of a servant's heart and attitude. Applicability is something brought to a story by the reader. Allegory is something intended by the author.