prosperity
pros·per·i·ty/pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/noun
prosperity is spelled P-R-O-S-P-E-R-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 4 syllables (pros·per·i·ty). It appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, prosperity means “The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prosperity is prosperities.
How many letters and syllables are in prosperity?
| Letters | 10: P-R-O-S-P-E-R-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: pros·per·i·ty |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th 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 prosperity?
Prosperity appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th 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 prosperity?
- US /pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
- UK /pɹɒˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
Prosperity has 4 syllables, split pros·per·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-prosperity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with prosperity?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as prosperity from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹɪti/):
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 prosperity
- prosperities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prosperity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.
Near-synonym: thriving
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate prosperity?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of prosperity: l.p.h..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prosperity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition of being prosperous:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | prospérité |
| German | Prosperität, Wohlstand |
| Portuguese | prosperidade |
| Spanish | prosperidad |
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 prosperity come from?
From Middle English prosperite, from Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās, equivalent to prosper + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).