bigotry
/ˈbɪɡ.ə.tɹi/noun
bigotry is spelled B-I-G-O-T-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bigotry means “The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bigotry is bigotries.
How many letters and syllables are in bigotry?
| Letters | 7: B-I-G-O-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is bigotry?
Bigotry appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 bigotry?
- US /ˈbɪɡ.ə.tɹi/
Bigotry has 3 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: En-us-bigotry.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bigotry
- bigotries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bigotry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.
- 2
datedObstinate prejudice or opinionatedness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bigotry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bigoterie |
| German | Bigotterie, Engstirnigkeit, Borniertheit, fanatische Verblendung |
| Portuguese | preconceito, fanatismo |
| Spanish | discriminación |
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 bigotry come from?
From French bigoterie, from bigot. By surface analysis, bigot + -ry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).