loyalty
loy·al·ty/ˈlɔɪəlti/noun
loyalty is spelled L-O-Y-A-L-T-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables (loy·al·ty). It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, loyalty means “The state of being loyal; fidelity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of loyalty is loyalties.
How many letters and syllables are in loyalty?
| Letters | 7: L-O-Y-A-L-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: loy·al·ty |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,407th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is loyalty?
Loyalty appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th 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 loyalty?
- /ˈlɔɪəlti/
Loyalty has 3 syllables, split loy·al·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-loyalty.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of loyalty
- loyalties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does loyalty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being loyal; fidelity.
brand loyalty
- 2
Faithfulness or devotion to some person, cause or nation.
He showed loyalty to his local football club after successive relegations.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Loyalty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state of being loyal; fidelity:
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 loyalty come from?
From Middle English loialte, borrowed from Old French loialte, loiauté (Modern loyauté) from loial + -té, equivalent to loyal + -ty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).