defenselessness
/dɪˈfɛnsləsnəs/noun
defenselessness is spelled D-E-F-E-N-S-E-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, defenselessness means “The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in defenselessness?
| Letters | 15: D-E-F-E-N-S-E-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th 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 defenselessness?
Defenselessness appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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 defenselessness?
- UK /dɪˈfɛnsləsnəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-defenselessness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does defenselessness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic of being defenseless; vulnerability.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does defenselessness come from?
From defenseless + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).