foolery
/ˈfuːləɹi/noun
foolery is spelled F-O-O-L-E-R-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, foolery means “Foolish behaviour or speech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of foolery is fooleries.
How many letters and syllables are in foolery?
| Letters | 7: F-O-O-L-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 99,289th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is foolery?
Foolery appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 99,289th 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 foolery?
- /ˈfuːləɹi/
Foolery has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-foolery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of foolery
- fooleries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does foolery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Foolish behaviour or speech.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Foolery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense foolish behaviour or speech:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | folie |
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 foolery come from?
From Middle English foleri, ffollery, equivalent to fool + -ery.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).