defectiveness
/dɪˈfɛktɪvnəs/noun
defectiveness is spelled D-E-F-E-C-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, defectiveness means “The state or quality of being defective” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of defectiveness is defectivenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in defectiveness?
| Letters | 13: D-E-F-E-C-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is defectiveness?
Defectiveness appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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 defectiveness?
- UK /dɪˈfɛktɪvnəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of defectiveness
- defectivenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does defectiveness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being defective.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does defectiveness come from?
From defective + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).