disloyalty
/dɪsˈlɔɪ.(j)əɫ.ti/noun
disloyalty is spelled D-I-S-L-O-Y-A-L-T-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, disloyalty means “An act of being disloyal; a betrayal, faithbreach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of disloyalty is disloyalties.
How many letters and syllables are in disloyalty?
| Letters | 10: D-I-S-L-O-Y-A-L-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th 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 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 disloyalty?
Disloyalty appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th 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 disloyalty?
- UK /dɪsˈlɔɪ.(j)əɫ.ti/
Disloyalty 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-disloyalty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with disloyalty?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as disloyalty from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɪəlti/, British pronunciation):
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 disloyalty
- disloyalties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disloyalty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of being disloyal; a betrayal, faithbreach.
- 2
The quality of being disloyal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Disloyalty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Illoyalität |
| French | déloyauté |
| Portuguese | deslealdade |
| Spanish | deslealtad |
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 disloyalty come from?
From Old French desloiauté (Modern French déloyauté), from des- + loiauté (“loyalty”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).