bellicosity
/ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsɪti/noun
bellicosity is spelled B-E-L-L-I-C-O-S-I-T-Y: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bellicosity means “The characteristic of being bellicose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bellicosity is bellicosities.
How many letters and syllables are in bellicosity?
| Letters | 11: B-E-L-L-I-C-O-S-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th 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 bellicosity?
Bellicosity appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 bellicosity?
- /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsɪti/
- /ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsəti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-bellicosity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bellicosity
- bellicosities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bellicosity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic of being bellicose.
The timing is intriguing too. Before this news North Korea was all bellicosity and bluster.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bellicosity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense characteristic of being bellicose:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | belicosidad |
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 bellicosity come from?
From bellicose + -osity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).