flattery
flat·te·ry/ˈflæt.ɚ.i/noun
flattery is spelled F-L-A-T-T-E-R-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables (flat·te·ry). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, flattery means “Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of flattery is flatteries.
How many letters and syllables are in flattery?
| Letters | 8: F-L-A-T-T-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: flat·te·ry |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 30,418th 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 flattery?
Flattery appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 30,418th 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 flattery?
- UK /ˈflæt.ə.ɹi/
- US /ˈflæt.ɚ.i/
Flattery has 3 syllables, split flat·te·ry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-flattery.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-flattery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with flattery?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as flattery from its last stressed vowel (/ætəɹi/):
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 flattery
- flatteries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does flattery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?
- 2
An instance of excessive praise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Flattery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | flatterie |
| German | Schmeichelei, Schöntuerei, Schmus , Geschmeichel |
| Portuguese | lisonja, bajulação |
| Spanish | adulación, peloteo, falago, halago, asentación , piropo |
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 flattery come from?
From Middle English flaterye, flaterie, from Old French flaterie, from the verb flater (“to flatter”). By surface analysis, flatter + -y (forming abstract nouns).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).