entirety
/ɪnˈtaɪ.əɹ(ə)ti/noun
entirety is spelled E-N-T-I-R-E-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, entirety means “The whole; the complete or amount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of entirety is entireties.
How many letters and syllables are in entirety?
| Letters | 8: E-N-T-I-R-E-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd 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 entirety?
Entirety appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd 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 entirety?
- US /ɪnˈtaɪ.əɹ(ə)ti/
- US /ɪnˈtaɪ.ɹə.ti/
- US /ɛn-/
Entirety 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-entirety.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with entirety?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as entirety (/aɪəɹti/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: eternity.
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 entirety
- entireties plural
- intirety
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does entirety mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The whole; the complete or amount.
Due to the early rainout, the game will be replayed in its entirety on Friday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Entirety in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense wholeness:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | entièreté |
| German | Gesamtheit |
| Portuguese | totalidade |
| Spanish | enterez (disused), integridad, totalidad, entereza |
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 entirety come from?
From Middle English enterete, from Old French entiereté, from Latin integritās, from integer (“complete, whole”). Doublet of integrity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).