cheerfulness
cheer·ful·ness/ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəlnəs/noun
cheerfulness is spelled C-H-E-E-R-F-U-L-N-E-S-S: 12 letters and 3 syllables (cheer·ful·ness). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cheerfulness means “The state of being cheerful; joy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cheerfulness is cheerfulnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in cheerfulness?
| Letters | 12: C-H-E-E-R-F-U-L-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cheer·ful·ness |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th 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 cheerfulness?
Cheerfulness appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th 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 cheerfulness?
- US /ˈt͡ʃɪɹfəlnəs/
- UK /ˈt͡ʃɪəfəlnəs/
Cheerfulness has 3 syllables, split cheer·ful·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-cheerfulness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cheerfulness
- cheerfulnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cheerfulness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being cheerful; joy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cheerfulness come from?
From Middle English cherefulnes; equivalent to cheerful + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).