harmlessness
noun
harmlessness is spelled H-A-R-M-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, harmlessness means “The characteristic of being harmless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of harmlessness is harmlessnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in harmlessness?
| Letters | 12: H-A-R-M-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th 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 harmlessness?
Harmlessness appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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 harmlessness
- harmlessnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does harmlessness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic of being harmless.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Harmlessness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the characteristic of being harmless:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | innocuité |
| German | Harmlosigkeit |
| Portuguese | inocuidade, inofensividade |
| Spanish | inocuidad |
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 harmlessness come from?
From harmless + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).