sufficiency
noun
sufficiency is spelled S-U-F-F-I-C-I-E-N-C-Y: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sufficiency means “The quality or condition of being sufficient” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sufficiency is sufficiencies.
How many letters and syllables are in sufficiency?
| Letters | 11: S-U-F-F-I-C-I-E-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is sufficiency?
Sufficiency appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 sufficiency?
Sufficiency 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-sufficiency.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sufficiency
- sufficiencies plural
- sufficiencie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sufficiency mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality or condition of being sufficient.
- 2
An adequate amount.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sufficiency in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality or condition of being sufficient:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | suffisance |
| German | Hinlänglichkeit, Zulänglichkeit |
| Spanish | suficiencia |
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.