evenness
/ˈiː.vən.(n)əs/noun
evenness is spelled E-V-E-N-N-E-S-S: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, evenness means “The quality of being even (flat or close in numbers)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of evenness is evennesses.
How many letters and syllables are in evenness?
| Letters | 8: E-V-E-N-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th 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 evenness?
Evenness appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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 evenness?
- /ˈiː.vən.(n)əs/
Evenness 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)-Flame,_not_lame-evenness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of evenness
- evennesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evenness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being even (flat or close in numbers).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does evenness come from?
From Middle English evennesse, from Old English efennes, equivalent to even + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).