apprehensiveness
noun
apprehensiveness is spelled A-P-P-R-E-H-E-N-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, apprehensiveness means “the state of being apprehensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in apprehensiveness?
| Letters | 16: A-P-P-R-E-H-E-N-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd 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 apprehensiveness?
Apprehensiveness appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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 apprehensiveness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-apprehensiveness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does apprehensiveness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
the state of being apprehensive
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Apprehensiveness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state of being apprehensive:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | apreensividade |
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 apprehensiveness come from?
From apprehensive + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).