evilness
noun
evilness is spelled E-V-I-L-N-E-S-S: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, evilness means “The quality or state of being evil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of evilness is evilnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in evilness?
| Letters | 8: E-V-I-L-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is evilness?
Evilness appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd 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 evilness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-evilness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with evilness?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as evilness.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: vileness, liveness.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of evilness
- evilnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evilness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality or state of being evil.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Evilness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to evil:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Boshaftigkeit |
| Spanish | maldad |
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 evilness come from?
From Middle English yvelnesse, from Old English yfelnyss; equivalent to evil + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).