frugality
/fɹuːˈɡæləti/noun
frugality is spelled F-R-U-G-A-L-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, frugality means “The quality of being frugal; prudent economy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of frugality is frugalities.
How many letters and syllables are in frugality?
| Letters | 9: F-R-U-G-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th 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 frugality?
Frugality appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th 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 frugality?
- /fɹuːˈɡæləti/
Frugality has 4 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-frugality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of frugality
- frugalities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does frugality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.
Near-synonyms: (usually admirable) economy, thrift, thriftiness, parsimony; (excessive degree) tightness, stinginess; (extreme degree) miserliness; see also Thesaurus:frugal, Thesaurus:stingy
- 2
A sparing use; sparingness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Frugality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | frugalité |
| German | Genügsamkeit, Einfachheit, Frugalität, Sparsamkeit |
| Portuguese | frugalidade |
| Spanish | frugalidad, parsimonia |
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 frugality come from?
Borrowed from Middle French frugalité. By surface analysis, frugal + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).