miserliness
/ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)linəs/noun
miserliness is spelled M-I-S-E-R-L-I-N-E-S-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, miserliness means “The property of being miserly: excessive parsimony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of miserliness is miserlinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in miserliness?
| Letters | 11: M-I-S-E-R-L-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th 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 miserliness?
Miserliness appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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 miserliness?
- /ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)linəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-miserliness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of miserliness
- miserlinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does miserliness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of being miserly: excessive parsimony.
Near-synonyms: stinginess, cheapness, tightness
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Miserliness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense property of being miserly:
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 miserliness come from?
From miserly + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).