authenticity
/ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/noun
authenticity is spelled A-U-T-H-E-N-T-I-C-I-T-Y: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, authenticity means “The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of authenticity is authenticities.
How many letters and syllables are in authenticity?
| Letters | 12: A-U-T-H-E-N-T-I-C-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is authenticity?
Authenticity appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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 authenticity?
- US /ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/
- US /ɑθənˈtɪsɪti/
- US [ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪɾi]
Authenticity has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-authenticity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with authenticity?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as authenticity from its last stressed vowel (/ɪsɪti/):
- specificity
- elasticity
- plasticity
- eccentricity
- centricity
- chromaticity
- inauthenticity
- atomicity
- chronicity
- facticity
- benedicite
- rhoticity
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 authenticity
- authenticities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does authenticity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
I hereby certify the authenticity of this copy.
- 2
obsoleteThe quality of being authentic (of established authority).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Authenticity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | authenticité |
| German | Authentizität |
| Portuguese | autenticidade |
| Spanish | autenticidad |
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 authenticity come from?
From authentic + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).