cleanliness
/ˈklɛn.li.nᵻs/noun
cleanliness is spelled C-L-E-A-N-L-I-N-E-S-S: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cleanliness means “The property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cleanliness is cleanlinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in cleanliness?
| Letters | 11: C-L-E-A-N-L-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.8 times per million words; the 20,629th 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 cleanliness?
Cleanliness appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,629th 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 cleanliness?
- US /ˈklɛn.li.nᵻs/
- /ˈklɛn.li.nɛs/
- /ˈklin-/
Cleanliness has 3 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: En-us-cleanliness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cleanliness
- cleanlinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cleanliness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of being cleanly, or habitually clean; good hygiene.
- 2
Ritual purity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cleanliness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the property of being cleanly:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | propreté |
| German | Sauberkeit, Reinlichkeit |
| Portuguese | limpeza |
| Spanish | limpieza |
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 cleanliness come from?
From cleanly + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).