abstractness
/æbˈstɹæk.nəs/noun
abstractness is spelled A-B-S-T-R-A-C-T-N-E-S-S: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abstractness means “The quality of being abstract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abstractness is abstractnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in abstractness?
| Letters | 12: A-B-S-T-R-A-C-T-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 62 million words; the 246,401st 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; 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 abstractness?
Abstractness appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st 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 abstractness?
- US /æbˈstɹæk.nəs/
- US /æbˈstɹækt.nəs/
Abstractness has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-abstractness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abstractness?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abstractness from its last stressed vowel (/æknəs/):
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 abstractness
- abstractnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abstractness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being abstract.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abstractness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of being abstract:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | abstratidade |
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 abstractness come from?
From abstract + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).