destiny
/ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/noun
destiny is spelled D-E-S-T-I-N-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, destiny means “That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of destiny is destinies.
How many letters and syllables are in destiny?
| Letters | 7: D-E-S-T-I-N-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,206th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 destiny?
Destiny appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,206th 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 destiny?
- US /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/
- Australia /ˈdes.tɪ.ni/
Destiny 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-destiny.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with destiny?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as destiny (/ɛstɪni/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: density.
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 destiny
- destinies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does destiny mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined or inevitable eventual state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
Death is the destiny of all mortal men.
- 2
One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
- 3
The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
Dara doesn't believe in using dating apps - she insists that destiny will find her other half.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Destiny in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense predetermined condition; fate; fixed order of things:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | destino, destinación |
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 destiny come from?
From Middle English destine et al., from Old French destinee, from Latin dēstinō (English destine). Displaced Old English wyrd.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).