gruffness
noun
gruffness is spelled G-R-U-F-F-N-E-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gruffness means “The characteristic or quality of being gruff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gruffness is gruffnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in gruffness?
| Letters | 9: G-R-U-F-F-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 60 million words; the 243,301st 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 gruffness?
Gruffness appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st 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).
Forms of gruffness
- gruffnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gruffness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic or quality of being gruff
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does gruffness come from?
From gruff + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).