supremacy
su·prem·a·cy/suˈpɹɛməsi/noun
supremacy is spelled S-U-P-R-E-M-A-C-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables (su·prem·a·cy). It appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, supremacy means “The quality of being supreme” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of supremacy is supremacies.
How many letters and syllables are in supremacy?
| Letters | 9: S-U-P-R-E-M-A-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: su·prem·a·cy |
| In writing | 4.4 times per million words; the 12,216th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is supremacy?
Supremacy appears 4.4 times per million words in written English, the 12,216th 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 supremacy?
- /suˈpɹɛməsi/
Supremacy has 4 syllables, split su·prem·a·cy in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-supremacy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of supremacy
- supremacies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does supremacy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being supreme.
- 2
Power over all others.
- 3
The ideology that a specified group is superior to others or should have supreme power over them.
white supremacy
- 4
A state of privilege for a specified group relative to other people in society.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Supremacy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality of being supreme:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | suprématie |
| German | Vorherrschaft |
| Portuguese | supremacia |
| Spanish | supremacía |
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 supremacy come from?
From supreme + -acy (a variant of -cy). Compare with supremity and New Latin suprematia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).