favouritism
noun
favouritism is spelled F-A-V-O-U-R-I-T-I-S-M: 11 letters. 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, favouritism means “The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of favouritism is favouritisms.
How many letters and syllables are in favouritism?
| Letters | 11: F-A-V-O-U-R-I-T-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| 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; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is favouritism?
Favouritism 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 favouritism?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-favouritism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of favouritism
- favouritisms plural
- favoritism US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does favouritism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Favouritism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unfair favouring:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | favoritisme |
| German | Günstlingswirtschaft, Vetternwirtschaft |
| Portuguese | favoritismo |
| Spanish | favoritismo |
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 favouritism come from?
From favourit(e) + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).