particularity
par·ti·cu·lar·i·ty/pə(ɹ)ˌtɪkjəˈlɛɹəti/noun
particularity is spelled P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-R-I-T-Y: 13 letters and 6 syllables (par·ti·cu·lar·i·ty). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, particularity means “A particular thing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of particularity is particularities.
How many letters and syllables are in particularity?
| Letters | 13: P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-A-R-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6: par·ti·cu·lar·i·ty |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,055th 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 particularity?
Particularity appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,055th 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 particularity?
- UK /pəˌtɪkjʊˈlæɹɪti/
- UK /pɑː-/
- US /pə(ɹ)ˌtɪkjəˈlɛɹəti/
Particularity has 6 syllables, split par·ti·cu·lar·i·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-particularity.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-particularity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with particularity?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as particularity from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹəti/):
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 particularity
- particularities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does particularity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A particular thing.
- 2
A distinctive characteristic or quality; a peculiarity.
Donny’s obsession for trains is just a harmless particularity of his.
- 3
obsoleteA particular case or matter.
- 4
The condition of being particular rather than general or universal; specificity.
- 5
The doctrine of the incarnation of God as Jesus occurring at a particular place and time.
- 6
obsoleteSynonym of particularism (“the principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation”).
- 7
Attention to detail; fastidiousness.
- 8
obsoleteThe condition of being special; peculiarity, specialness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Particularity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense distinctive characteristic or quality – see also peculiarity:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | particularidade |
| Spanish | particularidad |
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 particularity come from?
From Middle French particularité (“part of a whole; something particular, particularity”) (modern French particularité), and from its etymon Late Latin particularitas (“fact or quality of being particular; something particular, particularity”), from Latin particulāris (“particular; partial”) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).