humanity
/hjuˈmænɪti/noun
humanity is spelled H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, humanity means “Humankind; human beings as a group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of humanity is humanities.
How many letters and syllables are in humanity?
| Letters | 8: H-U-M-A-N-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 21 times per million words; the 4,153rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is humanity?
Humanity appears 21 times per million words in written English, the 4,153rd 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 humanity?
- US /hjuˈmænɪti/
- US [j̊ʊwˈmænɪɾi]
Humanity 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-humanity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with humanity?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as humanity from its last stressed vowel (/ænɪti/):
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 humanity
- humanities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does humanity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Humankind; human beings as a group.
- 2
The human condition or nature.
- 3
The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
- 4
Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
Philosophy is a humanity while psychology is a science.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Humanity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | humanité |
| German | Menschheit , Humanität, Menschlichkeit |
| Portuguese | humanidade , benevolência |
| Spanish | humanidad |
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 humanity come from?
Inherited from Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin hūmānitās. By surface analysis, human or humane + -ity. Partly displaced mankind, from Old English mancynn (literally “human race”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).