littleness
noun
littleness is spelled L-I-T-T-L-E-N-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, littleness means “The property of being little, smallness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of littleness is littlenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in littleness?
| Letters | 10: L-I-T-T-L-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th 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 littleness?
Littleness appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th 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 littleness
- littlenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does littleness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of being little, smallness.
His littleness didn't bother him, except when he needed to get something off the top shelf.
- 2
Smallness of spirit; pettiness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does littleness come from?
From Middle English litelnes, litelnesse, from Old English lytelnysse, lȳtelnes, equivalent to little + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).