intolerance
/ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/noun
intolerance is spelled I-N-T-O-L-E-R-A-N-C-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, intolerance means “The state of being intolerant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of intolerance is intolerances.
How many letters and syllables are in intolerance?
| Letters | 11: I-N-T-O-L-E-R-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.9 times per million words; the 15,798th 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 intolerance?
Intolerance appears 2.9 times per million words in written English, the 15,798th 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 intolerance?
- UK /ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/
- US /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/
- Australia /ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/
Intolerance 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)-Wodencafe-intolerance.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with intolerance?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as intolerance from its last stressed vowel (/ɑləɹəns/):
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 intolerance
- intolerances plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does intolerance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being intolerant.
Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.
- 2
Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.
lactose intolerance
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Intolerance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state of being intolerant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | intolérance |
| German | Intoleranz |
| Portuguese | intolerância |
| Spanish | intolerancia |
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 intolerance come from?
Borrowed from French intolérance, itself from in- (“not”) + tolérance or borrowed from Latin intolerantia (“insolence, insufferableness; (very rare) intolerance”). By surface analysis, in- + tolerance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).