cohesiveness
noun
cohesiveness is spelled C-O-H-E-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S: 12 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cohesiveness means “The state of being cohesive; cohesion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cohesiveness is cohesivenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in cohesiveness?
| Letters | 12: C-O-H-E-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th 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 cohesiveness?
Cohesiveness appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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 cohesiveness?
- US
Cohesiveness has 4 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)-Wodencafe-cohesiveness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cohesiveness
- cohesivenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cohesiveness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being cohesive; cohesion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cohesiveness come from?
From cohesive + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).