mendacity
men·da·ci·ty/mɛnˈdæsəti/noun
mendacity is spelled M-E-N-D-A-C-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables (men·da·ci·ty). It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mendacity means “The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mendacity is mendacities.
How many letters and syllables are in mendacity?
| Letters | 9: M-E-N-D-A-C-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: men·da·ci·ty |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 80,453rd 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 mendacity?
Mendacity appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd 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 mendacity?
- UK /mɛnˈdæsəti/
- US /mɛnˈdæsəti/
- US [-ɾi]
Mendacity has 4 syllables, split men·da·ci·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mendacity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mendacity?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mendacity from its last stressed vowel (/æsəti/):
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 mendacity
- mendacities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mendacity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
Big Daddy: […] Think of all the lies I got to put up with!–Pretenses! Ain't that mendacity? Having to pretend stuff you don't think or feel or have any idea of?
- 2
A deceit, falsehood, or lie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mendacity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Verlogenheit , Unwahrheit |
| Portuguese | mendacidade, falsidade |
| Spanish | mendacidad , mentira |
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 mendacity come from?
From Late Latin mendacitas, from Latin mendāx (“deceitful, deceptive, lying”) + -itās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being). Mendāx is derived from mentior (“to deceive, lie”) (from mēns, mentis (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”)) + -āx (suffix forming adjectives expressing a tendency or inclination), or from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”). By surface analysis, Latin mendāc- + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).