masculinity
/ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/noun
masculinity is spelled M-A-S-C-U-L-I-N-I-T-Y: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, masculinity means “The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of masculinity is masculinities.
How many letters and syllables are in masculinity?
| Letters | 11: M-A-S-C-U-L-I-N-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th 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 masculinity?
Masculinity appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 masculinity?
- US /ˌmæskjəˈlɪnɪti/
Masculinity has 5 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)-Vealhurl-masculinity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with masculinity?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as masculinity from its last stressed vowel (/ɪnɪti/):
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 masculinity
- masculinities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does masculinity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The degree or property of being masculine or manly; manliness.
Over time, society's ideas of masculinity has greatly broadened.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Masculinity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense degree or property of being masculine:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | masculinité |
| German | Männlichkeit, Maskulinität |
| Portuguese | masculinidade |
| Spanish | masculinidad |
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 masculinity come from?
From French masculinité, from Old French, equivalent to masculine + -ity. Earlier in same sense was masculineness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).