zealotry
/ˈzɛlətɹi/noun
zealotry is spelled Z-E-A-L-O-T-R-Y: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zealotry means “Something characteristic of a zealot; excessive zeal; fanaticism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zealotry is zealotries.
How many letters and syllables are in zealotry?
| Letters | 8: Z-E-A-L-O-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 98,107th 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 zealotry?
Zealotry appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 98,107th 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 zealotry?
- US /ˈzɛlətɹi/
Zealotry has 3 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-zealotry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of zealotry
- zealotries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zealotry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something characteristic of a zealot; excessive zeal; fanaticism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does zealotry come from?
From zealot + -ry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).