spirituality
/ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/noun
spirituality is spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L-I-T-Y: 12 letters and 6 syllables. It appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, spirituality means “The quality or state of being spiritual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of spirituality is spiritualities.
How many letters and syllables are in spirituality?
| Letters | 12: S-P-I-R-I-T-U-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.5 times per million words; the 13,897th 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 spirituality?
Spirituality appears 3.5 times per million words in written English, the 13,897th 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 spirituality?
- UK /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
- US /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
- US [ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.ɾɪ]
Spirituality has 6 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-spirituality.wav, En-us-spirituality.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with spirituality?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as spirituality from its last stressed vowel (/ælətɪ/):
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 spirituality
- spiritualities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spirituality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality or state of being spiritual.
, "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness" a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality
- 2
Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
African Indigenous Spirituality
- 3
Appreciation for religious values.
- 4
obsoleteThat which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
- 5
obsoleteAn ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spirituality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense concern for what is unseen and intangible:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | spiritualité |
| German | Geistigkeit, Spiritualität |
| Portuguese | espiritualidade |
| Spanish | espiritualidad |
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 spirituality come from?
From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spīrituālitās.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).