explicitness
/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt.nəs/noun
explicitness is spelled E-X-P-L-I-C-I-T-N-E-S-S: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, explicitness means “The state or characteristic of being explicit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of explicitness is explicitnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in explicitness?
| Letters | 12: E-X-P-L-I-C-I-T-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 25 million words; the 152,206th 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 explicitness?
Explicitness appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th 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 explicitness?
- /ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt.nəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-explicitness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of explicitness
- explicitnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does explicitness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or characteristic of being explicit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does explicitness come from?
From explicit + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).