fickleness
noun
fickleness is spelled F-I-C-K-L-E-N-E-S-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fickleness means “The quality of being fickle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fickleness is ficklenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in fickleness?
| Letters | 10: F-I-C-K-L-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th 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 fickleness?
Fickleness appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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 fickleness?
- US
Fickleness 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-fickleness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fickleness
- ficklenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fickleness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being fickle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fickleness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality of being fickle:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inconstance |
| German | Unbeständigkeit, Wankelmut |
| Spanish | veleidad |
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 fickleness come from?
From Middle English fikelnesse, equivalent to fickle + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).