cleanness
/ˈkliːn.nəs/noun
cleanness is spelled C-L-E-A-N-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cleanness means “Moral purity; innocence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cleanness is cleannesses.
How many letters and syllables are in cleanness?
| Letters | 9: C-L-E-A-N-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cleanness?
Cleanness appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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 cleanness?
- UK /ˈkliːn.nəs/
Cleanness has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cleanness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cleanness?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cleanness from its last stressed vowel (/innəs/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cleanness
- cleannesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cleanness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Moral purity; innocence.
- 2
The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cleanness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being clean:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | propreté |
| German | Sauberkeit, Reinlichkeit |
| 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 cleanness come from?
From Old English clǣnnes, corresponding to clean + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).