sensuality
sen·su·al·i·ty/ˌsɛn.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/noun
sensuality is spelled S-E-N-S-U-A-L-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 5 syllables (sen·su·al·i·ty). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sensuality means “The state of being sensual or sensuous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sensuality is sensualities.
How many letters and syllables are in sensuality?
| Letters | 10: S-E-N-S-U-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: sen·su·al·i·ty |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,176th 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 sensuality?
Sensuality appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,176th 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 sensuality?
- UK /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.tiː/
- UK /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈæl.ɪ.tiː/
- US /ˌsɛn.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/
Sensuality has 5 syllables, split sen·su·al·i·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sensuality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sensuality?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sensuality from its last stressed vowel (/ælɪti/):
- mortality
- homosexuality
- locality
- legality
- fatality
- totality
- tonality
- partiality
- cardinality
- instrumentality
- externality
- sodality
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 sensuality
- sensualities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sensuality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being sensual or sensuous.
pure sensuality
- 2
A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sensuality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state of being sensual or sensuous:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sensualité |
| German | Sinnlichkeit |
| Portuguese | sensualidade |
| Spanish | sensualidad |
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 sensuality come from?
Derived from Middle French sensualité, derived from Late Latin sēnsuālitātem (“sensibility, capacity for sensation”). By surface analysis, sensual + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).