publicity
/pʌbˈlɪsɪti/noun
publicity is spelled P-U-B-L-I-C-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, publicity means “Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of publicity is publicities.
How many letters and syllables are in publicity?
| Letters | 9: P-U-B-L-I-C-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is publicity?
Publicity appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st 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 publicity?
- /pʌbˈlɪsɪti/
Publicity 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Ajshul-publicity.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of publicity
- publicities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does publicity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
- 2
Public interest attracted in this way.
- 3
The condition of being the object of public attention.
- 4
The quality of being public, not private.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Publicity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | publicité |
| German | Werbung |
| Portuguese | publicidade |
| Spanish | publicidad, toda la publicidad, publicidades |
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 publicity come from?
From French publicité, From Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, accusative singular of pūblicitās, from Latin pūblicus (“public, general”). Morphologically public + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).