ethnicity
/ɛθˈnɪsɪti/noun
ethnicity is spelled E-T-H-N-I-C-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ethnicity means “The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ethnicity is ethnicities.
How many letters and syllables are in ethnicity?
| Letters | 9: E-T-H-N-I-C-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.4 times per million words; the 10,680th 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 ethnicity?
Ethnicity appears 5.4 times per million words in written English, the 10,680th 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 ethnicity?
- /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/
Ethnicity 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: En-us-ethnicity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of ethnicity
- ethnicities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ethnicity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The common characteristics of a group of people, especially regarding ancestry, culture, language or national experiences.
- 2
An ethnic group.
- 3
informalRace; common ancestry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ethnicity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ethnicité, appartenance ethnique , ethnie, groupe ethnique |
| German | Ethnizität, Volkszugehörigkeit, ethnische Zugehörigkeit , ethnische Gruppe |
| Portuguese | etnia |
| Spanish | etnicidad , etnia |
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.