freshness
fresh·ness/ˈfɹɛʃnəs/noun
freshness is spelled F-R-E-S-H-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables (fresh·ness). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, freshness means “The state or quality of being fresh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of freshness is freshnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in freshness?
| Letters | 9: F-R-E-S-H-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: fresh·ness |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th 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 freshness?
Freshness appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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 freshness?
- /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/
Freshness has 2 syllables, split fresh·ness in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-freshness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of freshness
- freshnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does freshness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being fresh.
the clear freshness of water from a mountain spring
- 2
UKImpudence; cheek.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Freshness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense freshness:
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 freshness come from?
From fresh + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).