dishonesty
/dɪsˈɒnɪ.sti/noun
dishonesty is spelled D-I-S-H-O-N-E-S-T-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dishonesty means “The characteristic or condition of being dishonest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dishonesty is dishonesties.
How many letters and syllables are in dishonesty?
| Letters | 10: D-I-S-H-O-N-E-S-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 23,253rd 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 dishonesty?
Dishonesty appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 23,253rd 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 dishonesty?
- /dɪsˈɒnɪ.sti/
Dishonesty has 4 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)-Vealhurl-dishonesty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dishonesty
- dishonesties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dishonesty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
- 2
An act which is fraudulent or otherwise dishonest.
- 3
obsoleteShamefulness, disgrace.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dishonesty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense characteristic or condition of being dishonest:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | malhonnêteté |
| German | Unehrlichkeit |
| Portuguese | desonestidade |
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 dishonesty come from?
From Middle English dishoneste (“disgrace, filth”), from Old French deshoneste, equivalent to dis- + honesty or dishonest + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).