briefness
noun
briefness is spelled B-R-I-E-F-N-E-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, briefness means “The characteristic of being brief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of briefness is briefnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in briefness?
| Letters | 9: B-R-I-E-F-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th 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 briefness?
Briefness appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th 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 briefness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-briefness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of briefness
- briefnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does briefness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic of being brief.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does briefness come from?
From Middle English breffnes, brevenesse, equivalent to brief + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).