dizziness
noun
dizziness is spelled D-I-Z-Z-I-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dizziness means “The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dizziness is dizzinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in dizziness?
| Letters | 9: D-I-Z-Z-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th 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 dizziness?
Dizziness appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 dizziness?
Dizziness 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)-Vealhurl-dizziness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dizziness
- dizzinesses plural
- dizzyness
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dizziness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Dizziness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being dizzy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vertige, défaillance |
| German | Schwindel, Schwindelgefühl, Schwindelanfall, Benommenheit, Benommenheitsgefühl |
| Portuguese | tontura, vertigem |
| Spanish | mareo, vahído, vaguido, váguido, mareamiento |
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 dizziness come from?
From Middle English disynes, duysenes, from Old English dysiġnes (“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”), equivalent to dizzy + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).