friendliness
friend·li·ness/ˈfɹɛndlinəs/noun
friendliness is spelled F-R-I-E-N-D-L-I-N-E-S-S: 12 letters and 3 syllables (friend·li·ness). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, friendliness means “The quality of being friendly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of friendliness is friendlinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in friendliness?
| Letters | 12: F-R-I-E-N-D-L-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: friend·li·ness |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th 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 friendliness?
Friendliness appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th 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 friendliness?
- /ˈfɹɛndlinəs/
Friendliness has 3 syllables, split friend·li·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-friendliness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of friendliness
- friendlinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does friendliness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being friendly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Friendliness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of being friendly:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gentillesse, cordialité |
| German | Freundlichkeit |
| Portuguese | cordialidade, amizade |
| Spanish | amigabilidad |
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 friendliness come from?
From Middle English freendlynesse, frendlynes, equivalent to friendly + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).