funniness
noun
funniness is a noun meaning “The quality of being funny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-N-N-I-N-E-S-S and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of funniness is funninesses.
What does funniness mean?
noun
- 1
The quality of being funny.
- 2
Something funny; a quirky or amusing statement, mannerism, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce funniness?
Funniness has 3 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).
Forms of funniness
- funninesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is funniness?
Funniness appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th 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).
Funniness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense noun:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | jocosidad |
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 funniness come from?
From funny + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).