secrecy
/ˈsiːkɹəsi/noun
secrecy is spelled S-E-C-R-E-C-Y: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, secrecy means “Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of secrecy is secrecies.
How many letters and syllables are in secrecy?
| Letters | 7: S-E-C-R-E-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.7 times per million words; the 13,496th 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 secrecy?
Secrecy appears 3.7 times per million words in written English, the 13,496th 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 secrecy?
- /ˈsiːkɹəsi/
Secrecy has 3 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: En-us-secrecy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of secrecy
- secrecies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does secrecy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
I was sworn to secrecy.
- 2
The habit of keeping secrets.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Secrecy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | secret , secrétisme |
| German | Geheimhaltung , Geheimniskrämerei, Geheimnistuerei |
| Portuguese | sigilo , secretismo |
| Spanish | secreto, sigilo, secretividad , secretismo |
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 secrecy come from?
An alteration (on the model of primacy, etc.) of Late Middle English secretee, from Old French secré.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).