briskness
/ˈbɹɪsk.nəs/noun
briskness is spelled B-R-I-S-K-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, briskness means “The property of being brisk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of briskness is brisknesses.
How many letters and syllables are in briskness?
| Letters | 9: B-R-I-S-K-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th 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 briskness?
Briskness appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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 briskness?
- UK /ˈbɹɪsk.nəs/
Briskness has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-briskness.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of briskness
- brisknesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does briskness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of being brisk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does briskness come from?
From brisk + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).