triviality
/ˌtɹɪviˈæləti/noun
triviality is spelled T-R-I-V-I-A-L-I-T-Y: 10 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, triviality means “The quality of being trivial or unimportant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of triviality is trivialities.
How many letters and syllables are in triviality?
| Letters | 10: T-R-I-V-I-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th 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 triviality?
Triviality appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th 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 triviality?
- /ˌtɹɪviˈæləti/
Triviality has 5 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-triviality.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of triviality
- trivialities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does triviality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
- 2
Something which is trivial or unimportant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Triviality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | trivialité |
| Spanish | trivialidad , ñanga |
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 triviality come from?
From trivial + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).