society
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/noun
society is spelled S-O-C-I-E-T-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is soceity: about 70 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 74 of all searches for the word. Society is a noun meaning “A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and…”. The plural of society is societies.
How many letters and syllables are in society?
| Letters | 7: S-O-C-I-E-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 148 times per million words; the 697th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, soceity, about 70 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell society?
Society is spelled S-O-C-I-E-T-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 74 of the searches for society in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is society?
Society appears 148 times per million words in written English, the 697th 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 society?
- UK /səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/
- US /səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/
- US [səˈsaɪ.ə.ɾi]
Society 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: En-uk-society.ogg, En-us-society.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with society?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as society 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 society
- societies plural
- soc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does society mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
This society has been known for centuries for its colorful clothing and tight-knit family structure.
- 2
A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists.
- 3
The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
The gap between Western and Eastern societies seems to be narrowing.
- 4
Companionship or association with one's fellows; friendly or intimate intercourse.
The society of friends is one of life's great joys.
- 5
The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
Our global society develops in fits and starts.
- 6
High society.
Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.
- 7
A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate society?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of society: Soc'y, soc..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Society in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | société |
| German | Gesellschaft |
| Portuguese | sociedade , grupo, associação, grêmio, agremiação |
| Spanish | sociedad , comunidad |
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.