hoarseness
/hɔːsnəs/noun
hoarseness is spelled H-O-A-R-S-E-N-E-S-S: 10 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hoarseness means “The quality of being hoarse, of having a dry harsh voice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hoarseness is hoarsenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in hoarseness?
| Letters | 10: H-O-A-R-S-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hoarseness?
Hoarseness appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 hoarseness?
- UK /hɔːsnəs/
Hoarseness has 2 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hoarseness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with hoarseness
Sounds like: horseness (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of hoarseness
- hoarsenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hoarseness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being hoarse, of having a dry harsh voice.
The hoarseness of her voice was caused by years of smoking.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hoarseness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having dry harsh voice:
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 hoarseness come from?
From Middle English hosnesse, from Old English hāsnes; equivalent to hoarse + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).