falsity
/ˈfɔl.sɪ.ti/noun
falsity is spelled F-A-L-S-I-T-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, falsity means “Something that is false; an untrue assertion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of falsity is falsities.
How many letters and syllables are in falsity?
| Letters | 7: F-A-L-S-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th 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 falsity?
Falsity appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th 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 falsity?
- UK /ˈfɔːl.sɪ.ti/
- UK /ˈfɒl.sɪ.ti/
- US /ˈfɔl.sɪ.ti/
Falsity has 3 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-falsity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of falsity
- falsities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does falsity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something that is false; an untrue assertion.
The belief that the world is flat is a falsity.
- 2
The characteristic of being untrue.
The falsity of that statement is easily proven.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Falsity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fausseté |
| German | Unwahrkeit, Unrichtigkeit , Falschheit |
| Spanish | falsedad |
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 falsity come from?
Corresponding to false + -ity. From Middle French fausseté, Old French falseté, from Late Latin falsitas, from Latin falsus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).