equality
/ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/noun
equality is spelled E-Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “equality vs equity” about 18,100 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, equality means “The fact of being equal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of equality is equalities.
How many letters and syllables are in equality?
| Letters | 8: E-Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 18 times per million words; the 4,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is equality?
Equality appears 18 times per million words in written English, the 4,589th 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 equality?
- UK /ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/
- US /ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/
- US [ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ɾi]
Equality 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-equality.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-equality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with equality
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with equality?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as equality from its last stressed vowel (/ɑlɪti/):
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 equality
- equalities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does equality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The fact of being equal.
- 2
The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
- 3
The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate equality?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of equality: Equal..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Equality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | égalité |
| German | Gleichheit , Gleichberechtigung |
| Portuguese | igualdade , equidade |
| Spanish | igualdad , paridad |
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 equality come from?
Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
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