brashness
/ˈbɹæʃ.nəs/noun
brashness is spelled B-R-A-S-H-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, brashness means “The characteristic of being brash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of brashness is brashnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in brashness?
| Letters | 9: B-R-A-S-H-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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 brashness?
Brashness appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd 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 brashness?
- /ˈbɹæʃ.nəs/
Brashness 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-brashness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of brashness
- brashnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does brashness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic of being brash.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Brashness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense characteristic of being brash:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | toupet, culot |
| German | Dreistigkeit, Unverfrorenheit |
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 brashness come from?
From brash + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).