nonentity
noun
nonentity is spelled N-O-N-E-N-T-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nonentity means “An unimportant or insignificant person or thing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nonentity is nonentities.
How many letters and syllables are in nonentity?
| Letters | 9: N-O-N-E-N-T-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st 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 nonentity?
Nonentity appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 nonentity?
- General-American
Nonentity 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-nonentity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of nonentity
- nonentities plural
- non-entity
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nonentity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An unimportant or insignificant person or thing.
- 2
The state of not existing; nonexistence.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nonentity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an unimportant or insignificant person:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | moins-que-rien |
| Spanish | nulidad |
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.