frankness
/ˈfɹæŋknɛs/noun
frankness is spelled F-R-A-N-K-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, frankness means “The state of being frank; candour; honesty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of frankness is franknesses.
How many letters and syllables are in frankness?
| Letters | 9: F-R-A-N-K-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 52,337th 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 frankness?
Frankness appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 52,337th 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 frankness?
- /ˈfɹæŋknɛs/
Frankness 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-frankness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of frankness
- franknesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does frankness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being frank; candour; honesty.
complete frankness
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Frankness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense frankness:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | franchise |
| German | Offenheit, Freimut, Freimütigkeit |
| Portuguese | franqueza |
| Spanish | franqueza |
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 frankness come from?
From frank + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).