closeness
/ˈkloʊs.nəs/noun
closeness is spelled C-L-O-S-E-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, closeness means “The state of being close (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of closeness is closenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in closeness?
| Letters | 9: C-L-O-S-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 24,170th 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 closeness?
Closeness appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 24,170th 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 closeness?
- UK /ˈkləʊs.nəs/
- US /ˈkloʊs.nəs/
- Australia /ˈkləʉs.nəs/
Closeness 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)-Vininn126-closeness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of closeness
- closenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does closeness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being close (all senses).
- 2
The state of being friends.
- 3
The state of being mean or stingy.
- 4
The state of being secretive.
- 5
The shortest path between two vertices in a graph.
- 6
archaicSolitude, seclusion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Closeness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | estrechez, estrechura, intimidad |
| German | Nähe |
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 closeness come from?
From close + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).