conformity
con·for·mi·ty/kənˈfoɹmɪti/noun
conformity is spelled C-O-N-F-O-R-M-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables (con·for·mi·ty). It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, conformity means “The state of things being similar or identical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of conformity is conformities.
How many letters and syllables are in conformity?
| Letters | 10: C-O-N-F-O-R-M-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: con·for·mi·ty |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,362nd 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; 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 conformity?
Conformity appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,362nd 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 conformity?
- UK /kənˈfɔːmɪti/
- US /kənˈfoɹmɪti/
- US [kənˈfoɹmɪɾi]
Conformity has 4 syllables, split con·for·mi·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-conformity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with conformity?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as conformity from its last stressed vowel (/oɹmɪti/):
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 conformity
- conformities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does conformity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of things being similar or identical.
- 2
A point of resemblance; a similarity.
- 3
The state of being conforming, of complying with a set of rules, with a norm or standard.
- 4
The ideology of adhering to one standard or social uniformity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Conformity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of things being similar, or identical:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | conformité |
| German | Konformität |
| Portuguese | conformidade |
| Spanish | conformidad |
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 conformity come from?
From Middle English conformyte, from Middle French conformité. By surface analysis, conform + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).