endianness
noun
endianness is spelled E-N-D-I-A-N-N-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, endianness means “The property of being either big-endian or little-endian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of endianness is endiannesses.
How many letters and syllables are in endianness?
| Letters | 10: E-N-D-I-A-N-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 47 million words; the 211,986th 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 endianness?
Endianness appears about once in every 47 million words in written English, the 211,986th 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 endianness?
- UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-endianness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of endianness
- endiannesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does endianness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of being either big-endian or little-endian.
When reading and writing data a byte at a time, it is necessary to know the endianness of the computer you are working on.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does endianness come from?
From endian + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).