ferroelectricity
noun
ferroelectricity is a noun meaning “The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analogous to ferromagnetism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-R-R-O-E-L-E-C-T-R-I-C-I-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 68 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ferroelectricity mean?
noun
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The electric polarization of a substance (spontaneous presence of a dipole moment) that is analogous to ferromagnetism
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ferroelectricity?
Ferroelectricity appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th 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).
Ferroelectricity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense electric polarization:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Ferroelektrizität |
| Spanish | ferroelectricidad |
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 ferroelectricity come from?
From ferro- + electricity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).