fitness
/ˈfɪt.nəs/noun
fitness is spelled F-I-T-N-E-S-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,683rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fitness means “The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fitness is fitnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in fitness?
| Letters | 7: F-I-T-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,683rd 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 fitness?
Fitness appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,683rd 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 fitness?
- /ˈfɪt.nəs/
Fitness has 2 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: En-us-fitness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fitness
- fitnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fitness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
- 2
The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
- 3
An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.
- 4
UKslangThe condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fitness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | condition physique , fitness |
| German | Fitness , Tauglichkeit, Zweckmäßigkeit |
| Portuguese | fitness |
| Spanish | ámbito, fitness , nivel físico |
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 fitness come from?
From fit + -ness. First attested in the 16th century, with the physical sense from 1935.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).