partiality
/pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/noun
partiality is spelled P-A-R-T-I-A-L-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, partiality means “Preference, bias in favor of, tendency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of partiality is partialities.
How many letters and syllables are in partiality?
| Letters | 10: P-A-R-T-I-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,179th 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 partiality?
Partiality appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,179th 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 partiality?
- US /pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/
- US /pɑɹˈʃælɪti/
- US /pɑɹˈʃæləti/
Partiality 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)-Vininn126-partiality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with partiality?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as partiality from its last stressed vowel (/ælɪti/):
- mortality
- homosexuality
- locality
- legality
- fatality
- totality
- sensuality
- tonality
- cardinality
- instrumentality
- externality
- sodality
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 partiality
- partialities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does partiality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
- 2
The quality of being partial or incomplete.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Partiality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense preference:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | partialité |
| German | Parteilichkeit, Befangenheit |
| Portuguese | parcialidade |
| Spanish | parcialidad |
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 partiality come from?
From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).