acquisitiveness
noun
acquisitiveness is spelled A-C-Q-U-I-S-I-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acquisitiveness means “The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acquisitiveness is acquisitivenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in acquisitiveness?
| Letters | 15: A-C-Q-U-I-S-I-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th 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 acquisitiveness?
Acquisitiveness appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 acquisitiveness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-acquisitiveness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of acquisitiveness
- acquisitivenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acquisitiveness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being acquisitive; propensity to acquire property; desire of possession.
- 2
The faculty to which the phrenologists attribute the desire of acquiring and possessing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acquisitiveness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense propensity to acquire property:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Erwerbsinn |
| Portuguese | aquisitividade |
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 acquisitiveness come from?
From acquisitive + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).