prurience
/ˈpɹʊəɹiəns/noun
prurience is spelled P-R-U-R-I-E-N-C-E: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, prurience means “The quality of being prurient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of prurience is pruriences.
How many letters and syllables are in prurience?
| Letters | 9: P-R-U-R-I-E-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is prurience?
Prurience appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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 prurience?
- /ˈpɹʊəɹiəns/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of prurience
- pruriences plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does prurience mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being prurient.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Prurience in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of being prurient:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Geilheit, Lüsternheit |
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.