boldness
bold·ness/ˈboʊldnəs/noun
boldness is spelled B-O-L-D-N-E-S-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables (bold·ness). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, boldness means “The state of being bold; courage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of boldness is boldnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in boldness?
| Letters | 8: B-O-L-D-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: bold·ness |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is boldness?
Boldness appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 boldness?
- US /ˈboʊldnəs/
- UK /ˈbəʊldnəs/
Boldness has 2 syllables, split bold·ness in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-boldness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with boldness?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as boldness from its last stressed vowel (/oʊldnəs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of boldness
- boldnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does boldness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being bold; courage.
- 2
presumptuousness
- 3
The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Boldness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense courage:
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 boldness come from?
From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold + -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).