sobriety
/səˈbɹaɪ.ə.ti/noun
sobriety is spelled S-O-B-R-I-E-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sobriety means “The quality or state of being sober” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sobriety is sobrieties.
How many letters and syllables are in sobriety?
| Letters | 8: S-O-B-R-I-E-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 sobriety?
Sobriety appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st 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 sobriety?
- UK /səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/
- US /səˈbɹaɪ.ə.ti/
- US [səˈbɹaɪ.ə.ɾi]
Sobriety 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)-Vealhurl-sobriety.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sobriety?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sobriety from its last stressed vowel (/aɪəti/):
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 sobriety
- sobrieties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sobriety mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality or state of being sober.
He celebrated five years of sobriety.
- 2
The quality or state of not being intoxicated.
- 3
The quality or state of being grave or earnestly thoughtful.
- 4
The state or quality of being unhurried; a state of calm.
- 5
A state of moderation or seriousness.
- 6
Modesty in color or style.
- 7
Soundness of judgment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sobriety in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality or state of being sober:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sobriété |
| German | Nüchternheit, Ernsthaftigkeit, Gedecktheit |
| Portuguese | sobriedade, austeridade |
| Spanish | austeridad, sobriedad |
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 sobriety come from?
From Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).