felicity
fe·li·ci·ty/fəˈlɪsəti/noun
felicity is spelled F-E-L-I-C-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables (fe·li·ci·ty). It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Felicity, the name). As a noun, felicity means “The condition of being happy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of felicity is felicities.
How many letters and syllables are in felicity?
| Letters | 8: F-E-L-I-C-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: fe·li·ci·ty |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th 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; 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 felicity?
Felicity appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Felicity, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce felicity?
- UK /fɪˈlɪsɪti/
- US /fəˈlɪsəti/
- US [-ɾi]
Felicity has 4 syllables, split fe·li·ci·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-felicity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with felicity?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as felicity from its last stressed vowel (/ɪsəti/):
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 felicity
- felicities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does felicity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being happy.
- 2
Intense happiness.
- 3
An instance of intense happiness.
- 4
An apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc.; (countable) an apt and pleasing choice of words.
- 5
rareGood luck; success; (countable) An instance of unexpected good luck; a stroke of luck; also, a lucky characteristic.
- 6
Reproduction of a sign with fidelity.
The quotation was rendered with felicity.
- 7
Something that is either a source of happiness or particularly apt.
- 8
Period (as opposed to lifetime) utility.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Felicity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense apt and pleasing style in speech, writing, etc:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | félicité |
| Portuguese | felicidade |
| Spanish | felicidad |
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.