graffiti
graf·fi·ti/ɡɹəˈfi.ti/noun, verb
graffiti is spelled G-R-A-F-F-I-T-I, 3 syllables: graf·fi·ti. The wrong spelling people search most is grafitti: about 690 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 16 of all searches for the word. Graffiti is a noun meaning “Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization”.
How many letters and syllables are in graffiti?
| Letters | 8: G-R-A-F-F-I-T-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: graf·fi·ti |
| In writing | 4.5 times per million words; the 12,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, grafitti, about 690 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell graffiti?
Graffiti is spelled G-R-A-F-F-I-T-I. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 16 of the searches for graffiti in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is graffiti?
Graffiti appears 4.5 times per million words in written English, the 12,045th 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 graffiti?
- UK /ɡɹəˈfiː.ti/
- US /ɡɹəˈfi.ti/
Graffiti has 3 syllables, split graf·fi·ti in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-graffiti.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with graffiti?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as graffiti from its last stressed vowel (/iti/):
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 graffiti
- graffito
- graffitis present, singular, he/she/it
- graffitiing participle, present
- graffitied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does graffiti mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Drawings or words drawn on a surface in a public place, usually made without authorization.
The underpass is a popular place for graffiti artists.
- 2
Informal inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., as opposed to official inscriptions.
verb
- 1
To mark a surface with such images.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate graffiti?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of graffiti: graff.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Graffiti in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | graffiti, graff |
| German | Graffito, Graffiti |
| Portuguese | grafite, pichação, grafito, grafíti , pichar, grafitar |
| Spanish | grafiti , grafitar |
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 graffiti come from?
Borrowed from Italian graffiti, from graffito, from graffire, borrowed from Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to write”), from Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).