liveliness
live·li·ness/ˈlaɪvlinəs/noun
liveliness is spelled L-I-V-E-L-I-N-E-S-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables (live·li·ness). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, liveliness means “The quality of being lively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of liveliness is livelinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in liveliness?
| Letters | 10: L-I-V-E-L-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: live·li·ness |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th 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 liveliness?
Liveliness appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th 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 liveliness?
- /ˈlaɪvlinəs/
Liveliness has 3 syllables, split live·li·ness in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-liveliness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of liveliness
- livelinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does liveliness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being lively.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Liveliness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of being lively:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vitalité |
| German | Lebendigkeit |
| Portuguese | vitalidade |
| Spanish | viveza, vivez |
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 liveliness come from?
From lively + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).