priorities
/pɹaɪˈɔɹ.(ə.)tiz/interjection, noun
priorities is spelled P-R-I-O-R-I-T-I-E-S: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, priorities means “An expression, chiefly unfriendly, remarking disagreement with someone else's order of priorities; that someone takes the wrong action compared to…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in priorities?
| Letters | 10: P-R-I-O-R-I-T-I-E-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,456th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 priorities?
Priorities appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,456th 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 priorities?
- UK /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ɪ.tiz/
- UK /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.(ə.)tiz/
- US /pɹaɪˈɔɹ.(ə.)tiz/
Priorities 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).
What rhymes with priorities?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as priorities (/ɔɹtiz/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: prioritise.
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).
What does priorities mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
informalAn expression, chiefly unfriendly, remarking disagreement with someone else's order of priorities; that someone takes the wrong action compared to something else, or in the wrong order. Get your priorities straight.
The house was on fire, but Alex still insisted to complete that game before evacuating. Priorities.
noun
- 1
plural of priority
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).