annoyance

an·noy·ance/əˈnɔɪ.əns/noun

annoyance is spelled A-N-N-O-Y-A-N-C-E: 9 letters and 3 syllables (an·noy·ance). It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, annoyance means “That which annoys” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of annoyance is annoyances.

How many letters and syllables are in annoyance?

Letters	9: A-N-N-O-Y-A-N-C-E
Syllables	3: an·noy·ance
In writing	2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th 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 annoyance?

Annoyance appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce annoyance?

/əˈnɔɪ.əns/

Annoyance has 3 syllables, split an·noy·ance in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-annoyance.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of annoyance

annoyances plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does annoyance mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
That which annoys.
Having to wait 45 minutes for the bus is a real annoyance, but it's the only way to get to work.
2
An act or instance of annoying.
3
The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
feeling mild annoyance

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Annoyance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	ennui (the psychological state of being annoyed or…), nuisance (that which annoys and causes a status of…)
German	Verärgerung, Verdruss (the psychological state of being annoyed or…), Ärgernis (that which annoys and causes a status of…), Ärger (an act or instance of annoying)
Portuguese	irritação (the psychological state of being annoyed or…), pedra no sapato (that which annoys and causes a status of…)
Spanish	enojo, irritación (the psychological state of being annoyed or…), disgusto, lata (that which annoys and causes a status of…), fastidio (an act or instance of annoying)

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.