baldness
noun
baldness is spelled B-A-L-D-N-E-S-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, baldness means “The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of baldness is baldnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in baldness?
| Letters | 8: B-A-L-D-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd 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 baldness?
Baldness appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd 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 baldness?
Baldness has 2 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-baldness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of baldness
- baldnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does baldness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.
My baldness was the result of radiotherapy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Baldness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense condition or state of being (or becoming) bald:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | calvitie |
| German | Glatze, Glatzköpfigkeit, Haarlosigkeit, Haarlossein, Kahlköpfigkeit, Kahlheit |
| Portuguese | calvice, calvície |
| Spanish | calvicie, calvez, calvatrueno |
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 baldness come from?
From Middle English ballednesse, equivalent to bald + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).