morality
/məˈɹælɪti/noun
morality is spelled M-O-R-A-L-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, morality means “Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of morality is moralities.
How many letters and syllables are in morality?
| Letters | 8: M-O-R-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 morality?
Morality appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th 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 morality?
- UK /məˈɹælɪti/
Morality 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)-Vealhurl-morality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with morality?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as morality from its last stressed vowel (/ælɪti/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: molarity.
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 morality
- moralities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does morality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.
- 2
A set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct.
- 3
A set of personal guiding principles for conduct or a general notion of how to behave, whether respectable or not.
- 4
archaicA lesson or pronouncement which contains advice about proper behavior.
- 5
A morality play.
- 6
rareMoral philosophy, the branch of philosophy which studies the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
- 7
rareA particular theory concerning the grounds and nature of rightness, wrongness, good, and evil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Morality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense recognition of or obedience to the rules of right conduct:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | moralité |
| German | Moral, Moralität |
| Portuguese | moralidade |
| Spanish | moralidad |
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 morality come from?
From Anglo-Norman moralité, Middle French moralité, from Late Latin mōrālitās (“manner, characteristic, character”), from Latin mōrālis (“relating to manners or morals”), from mōs (“manner, custom”). equivalent to moral + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).