sovereignty
sov·e·reign·ty/ˈsɑv(ə)ɹənti/noun
sovereignty is spelled S-O-V-E-R-E-I-G-N-T-Y, 4 syllables: sov·e·reign·ty. The wrong spelling people search most is soverignty: about 270 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 36 of all searches for the word. Sovereignty is a noun meaning “Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something”. The plural of sovereignty is sovereignties.
How many letters and syllables are in sovereignty?
| Letters | 11: S-O-V-E-R-E-I-G-N-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: sov·e·reign·ty |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 3; the most searched, soverignty, about 270 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); 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).
How do you spell sovereignty?
Sovereignty is spelled S-O-V-E-R-E-I-G-N-T-Y. 3 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 24 of the searches for sovereignty 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 sovereignty?
Sovereignty appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th 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 sovereignty?
- UK /ˈsɒvɹənti/
- UK /-ɹɪn-/
- US /ˈsɑv(ə)ɹənti/
Sovereignty has 4 syllables, split sov·e·reign·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-sovereignty.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sovereignty
- sovereignties plural
- soveraigntie
- sovranty
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sovereignty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Of a ruler (especially a monarch): supreme authority or dominion over something.
- 2
Of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to control resources, make laws independently, and otherwise govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities.
- 3
Of a person: the liberty to decide one's actions and thoughts.
- 4
Pre-eminent or superior excellence; also, superior ability to achieve something; mastery.
- 5
A territory under the rule of a sovereign; an independent or self-governing nation or other polity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sovereignty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Souveränität, höchste Gewalt, Oberherrschaft , Eigenstaatlichkeit, Eigenständigkeit |
| Portuguese | soberania, autoridade , arbítrio |
| French | souveraineté |
| Spanish | soberanía |
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 sovereignty come from?
From Late Middle English sovereynte, souvereynte [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, soverentee, and Old French soveraineté, souveraineté (modern French souveraineté), from soverain + -té (suffix forming nouns, often denoting a property or quality). Soverain is derived from Vulgar Latin *superānus (“chief; sovereign”), from Latin super (“above; on top of”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“above, over”)) + -ānus (“suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, usually denoting a relationship of origin, position, or possession”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).