greatness
great·ness/ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/noun
greatness is spelled G-R-E-A-T-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables (great·ness). It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, greatness means “The state, condition, or quality of being great” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of greatness is greatnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in greatness?
| Letters | 9: G-R-E-A-T-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: great·ness |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th 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 greatness?
Greatness appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th 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 greatness?
- /ˈɡɹeɪtnəs/
Greatness has 2 syllables, split great·ness in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-greatness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of greatness
- greatnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does greatness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state, condition, or quality of being great
Due to the greatness of his size, he was an effective bodyguard.
- 2
obsoletePride; haughtiness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Greatness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state, condition, or quality of being great; as, greatness of size, greatnes:
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 greatness come from?
From Middle English gretnesse, gretnes, greetnesse, from Old English grēatnes. Equivalent to great + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).