familiarity
/fəmɪliˈæɹɪti/noun
familiarity is spelled F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R-I-T-Y: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, familiarity means “The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of familiarity is familiarities.
How many letters and syllables are in familiarity?
| Letters | 11: F-A-M-I-L-I-A-R-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd 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 familiarity?
Familiarity appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd 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 familiarity?
- UK /fəmɪliˈæɹɪti/
- /fəmɪˈljæɹɪti/
Familiarity has 5 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-familiarity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with familiarity?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as familiarity from its last stressed vowel (/æɹɪti/, 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 familiarity
- familiarities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does familiarity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.
- 2
Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence.
- 3
An instance of familiar behaviour.
- 4
Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Familiarity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | familiarité |
| German | Vertrautheit |
| Portuguese | familiaridade |
| Spanish | intimidad , impertinencia , familiaridad |
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 familiarity come from?
From Middle French familiarité, from Latin familiāritātem. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþnes. Morphologically familiar + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).