humanities
/hjuˈmæn.ɪ.tiz/noun
humanities is spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-T-I-E-S: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, humanities means “The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in humanities?
| Letters | 10: H-U-M-A-N-I-T-I-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th 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 humanities?
Humanities appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 humanities?
- US /hjuˈmæn.ɪ.tiz/
Humanities 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: En-us-humanities.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does humanities mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteSynonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc.
- 2
The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.
- 3
plural of humanity
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Humanities in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense language, literature, etc:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sciences humaines |
| German | Geisteswissenschaften, Humanwissenschaften |
| Portuguese | humanas |
| Spanish | humanidades, letras humanas |
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.