crookedness
noun
crookedness is spelled C-R-O-O-K-E-D-N-E-S-S: 11 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crookedness means “The state of being crooked” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crookedness is crookednesses.
How many letters and syllables are in crookedness?
| Letters | 11: C-R-O-O-K-E-D-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 150,355th 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 crookedness?
Crookedness appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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 crookedness?
- US
Crookedness 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-crookedness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of crookedness
- crookednesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crookedness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being crooked
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crookedness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being crooked:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | tortuosidade |
| Spanish | tramposería |
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 crookedness come from?
From crooked + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).