childishness
/ˈt͡ʃaɪld.ɪʃ.nəs/noun
childishness is spelled C-H-I-L-D-I-S-H-N-E-S-S: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, childishness means “The state or characteristic of being childish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of childishness is childishnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in childishness?
| Letters | 12: C-H-I-L-D-I-S-H-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 70,702nd 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 childishness?
Childishness appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 70,702nd 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 childishness?
- US /ˈt͡ʃaɪld.ɪʃ.nəs/
- /ˈt͡ʃaːld.ɪʃ.nəs/
- /ˈt͡ʃaːld.ɪʃ.nɪs/
Childishness has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-childishness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of childishness
- childishnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does childishness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or characteristic of being childish.
- 2
Childish behaviour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Childishness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense childishness:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | enfantillage |
| German | Kinderei |
| Portuguese | criancice, puerilidade, infantilismo, parvulez, gurizada |
| Spanish | puerilidad, niñería, chiquillada, infantilismo, infantilada, niñada |
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 childishness come from?
From Middle English childishnes, childisnes, equivalent to childish + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).