mischievousness
mis·chie·vous·ness/ˈmɪst͡ʃɪvəsnəs/noun
mischievousness is spelled M-I-S-C-H-I-E-V-O-U-S-N-E-S-S: 15 letters and 4 syllables (mis·chie·vous·ness). It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mischievousness means “The characteristic of being mischievous; the tendency to make mischief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mischievousness is mischievousnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in mischievousness?
| Letters | 15: M-I-S-C-H-I-E-V-O-U-S-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: mis·chie·vous·ness |
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th 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 mischievousness?
Mischievousness appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th 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 mischievousness?
- /ˈmɪst͡ʃɪvəsnəs/
Mischievousness has 4 syllables, split mis·chie·vous·ness in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-mischievousness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of mischievousness
- mischievousnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mischievousness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic of being mischievous; the tendency to make mischief.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mischievousness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense characteristic of being mischievous:
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 mischievousness come from?
From mischievous + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).