anarchy
an·ar·chy/ˈæn.ɚ.ki/noun
anarchy is spelled A-N-A-R-C-H-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables (an·ar·chy). It appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, anarchy means “The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of anarchy is anarchies.
How many letters and syllables are in anarchy?
| Letters | 7: A-N-A-R-C-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: an·ar·chy |
| In writing | 3.3 times per million words; the 14,509th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is anarchy?
Anarchy appears 3.3 times per million words in written English, the 14,509th 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 anarchy?
- UK /ˈæn.ə.ki/
- US /ˈæn.ɚ.ki/
- /ˈeə̯n.ɚ.ki/
Anarchy has 3 syllables, split an·ar·chy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-anarchy.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Simplificationalizer-anarchy.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-anarchy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anarchy
- anarchies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does anarchy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
- 2
rareThe political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
- 3
A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
- 4
Confusion in general; disorder.
It was total anarchy in the clothes shop on Black Friday as soon as they opened the doors.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Anarchy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense absence of any form of political authority or government:
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.