mentality
/mɛnˈtæləti/noun
mentality is spelled M-E-N-T-A-L-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mentality means “A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mentality is mentalities.
How many letters and syllables are in mentality?
| Letters | 9: M-E-N-T-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.8 times per million words; the 10,196th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is mentality?
Mentality appears 5.8 times per million words in written English, the 10,196th 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 mentality?
- /mɛnˈtæləti/
- /mənˈtæləti/
- /-ɪti/
Mentality 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: En-us-mentality.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mentality
- mentalities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mentality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A mindset; a way of thinking; a set of beliefs.
Before he can succeed, he will have to shed the mentality that he can get by without hard work.
- 2
The characteristics of a mind described as a system of distinctive structures and processes based in biology, language, or culture, etc.; a mental system.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mentality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mindset – see also mindset:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mentalité |
| German | Mentalität |
| Portuguese | mentalidade |
| Spanish | mentalidad |
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 mentality come from?
From mental + -ity. Doublet of mentalité.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).