messiness
noun
messiness is spelled M-E-S-S-I-N-E-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, messiness means “The property of being messy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of messiness is messinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in messiness?
| Letters | 9: M-E-S-S-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 77,666th 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 messiness?
Messiness appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th 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 messiness
- messinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does messiness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of being messy.
She was willing to forgive his messiness when they married, and pick up after him, but not that he forgot their anniversary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does messiness come from?
From messy + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).