markedness
noun
markedness is spelled M-A-R-K-E-D-N-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, markedness means “The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of markedness is markednesses.
How many letters and syllables are in markedness?
| Letters | 10: M-A-R-K-E-D-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th 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 markedness?
Markedness appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th 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 markedness
- markednesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does markedness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.
Using the word "comedienne" instead of "comedian" can be seen as an example of markedness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does markedness come from?
From marked + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).