fraudulence
fraud·u·lence/ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.ləns/noun
fraudulence is spelled F-R-A-U-D-U-L-E-N-C-E: 11 letters and 3 syllables (fraud·u·lence). It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fraudulence means “The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fraudulence is fraudulences.
How many letters and syllables are in fraudulence?
| Letters | 11: F-R-A-U-D-U-L-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: fraud·u·lence |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is fraudulence?
Fraudulence appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 fraudulence?
- UK /ˈfɹɔː.djʊ.l(ə)ns/
- US /ˈfɹɔ.d͡ʒə.ləns/
Fraudulence has 3 syllables, split fraud·u·lence in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-fraudulence.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fraudulence
- fraudulences plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fraudulence mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being fraudulent; deceitfulness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fraudulence in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition of being fraudulent:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fraude |
| German | Betrügerei |
| Portuguese | fraudulência |
| Spanish | fraudulencia |
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 fraudulence come from?
From Old French fraudulence, from Latin fraudulentia (“deceitfulness, disposition to defraud; fraudulence”), from fraudulentus (“deceitful, fraudulent”) + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns). Fraudulentus is derived from fraus (“deceit, fraud”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrew- (“to mislead”)) + -ulentus (“abounding in, full of”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).