ferocity
/fəˈɹɑsɪti/noun
ferocity is spelled F-E-R-O-C-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ferocity means “The condition of being ferocious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ferocity is ferocities.
How many letters and syllables are in ferocity?
| Letters | 8: F-E-R-O-C-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th 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 ferocity?
Ferocity appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 ferocity?
- US /fəˈɹɑsɪti/
- UK /fəˈɹɒsɪti/
Ferocity 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-ferocity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ferocity?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ferocity from its last stressed vowel (/ɑsɪti/):
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 ferocity
- ferocities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ferocity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being ferocious.
Near-synonyms: fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ferocity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense The condition of being ferocious:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | acharnement |
| German | Grausamkeit |
| Spanish | ferocidad, feridad |
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 ferocity come from?
Borrowed from Middle French férocité, from Latin ferocitas, from ferox (“fierce”), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).