happiness

hap·pi·ness/ˈhæpinɪs/noun

happiness is spelled H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables (hap·pi·ness). It appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,364th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, happiness means “The emotion of being happy; joy; elation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of happiness is happinesses.

How many letters and syllables are in happiness?

Letters	9: H-A-P-P-I-N-E-S-S
Syllables	3: hap·pi·ness
In writing	28 times per million words; the 3,364th 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 happiness?

Happiness appears 28 times per million words in written English, the 3,364th most frequent word form in the list.

happiness0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Englishmore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce happiness?

/ˈhæpinɪs/
/ˈhæpinəs/

Happiness has 3 syllables, split hap·pi·ness in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-happiness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of happiness

happinesses plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does happiness mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
seek happiness
2
archaicProsperity, thriving, wellbeing.
3
archaicGood luck; good fortune.
4
obsoleteFortuitous elegance; unstudied grace, used especially of language.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Happiness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	bonheur (emotion of being happy)
German	Glück, Glücklichkeit (emotion of being happy), Fröhlichkeit (agreeable feeling)
Portuguese	felicidade, alegria (emotion of being happy), fortuna (good luck)
Spanish	felicidad (emotion of being happy)

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.