fervency
/ˈfɝ.vən.si/noun
fervency is a noun meaning “The state of being fervent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-R-V-E-N-C-Y and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 44 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fervency is fervencies.
What does fervency mean?
noun
- 1
The state of being fervent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fervency?
- US /ˈfɝ.vən.si/
Fervency has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-fervency.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fervency
- fervencies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fervency?
Fervency appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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).