bawdiness
noun
bawdiness is spelled B-A-W-D-I-N-E-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bawdiness means “The characteristic or state of being bawdy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bawdiness is bawdinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in bawdiness?
| Letters | 9: B-A-W-D-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th 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 bawdiness?
Bawdiness appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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 bawdiness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-bawdiness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of bawdiness
- bawdinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bawdiness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic or state of being bawdy.
- 2
A bawdy remark.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bawdiness come from?
From bawdy + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).