fullness
full·ness/ˈfʊlnəs/noun
fullness is spelled F-U-L-L-N-E-S-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables (full·ness). It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, fullness means “Being full; completeness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of fullness is fullnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in fullness?
| Letters | 8: F-U-L-L-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: full·ness |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th 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 fullness?
Fullness appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 fullness?
- US /ˈfʊlnəs/
Fullness has 2 syllables, split full·ness in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Paul2520-fullness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fullness
- fullnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does fullness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Being full; completeness.
feel a sense of fullness
- 2
The degree to which a space is full.
- 3
The degree to which fate has become known.
in the fullness of time
- 4
A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Fullness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | plénitude |
| German | Fülle, Vollsein, Vollständigkeit , Füllungsstufe, Füllungsgrad, Füllungszustand |
| Spanish | llenez (disused), plenitud, llenazón, llenado, llenera (disused), lleneza (disused) |
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 fullness come from?
From Middle English fulnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (“completeness; abundance”), equivalent to full + -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (“fullness”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).