insurgency
in·sur·gen·cy/ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/noun
insurgency is spelled I-N-S-U-R-G-E-N-C-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables (in·sur·gen·cy). It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, insurgency means “rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of insurgency is insurgencies.
How many letters and syllables are in insurgency?
| Letters | 10: I-N-S-U-R-G-E-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: in·sur·gen·cy |
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,336th 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; 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 insurgency?
Insurgency appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,336th 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 insurgency?
- UK /ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/
- US /ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/
Insurgency has 4 syllables, split in·sur·gen·cy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-insurgency.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with insurgency?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as insurgency from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹdʒənsi/):
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 insurgency
- insurgencies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does insurgency mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
suppress the insurgency by isolating the rebels from the rest of the population
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Insurgency in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | insurgência |
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 insurgency come from?
From insurgent + -cy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).