obtuseness
noun
obtuseness is spelled O-B-T-U-S-E-N-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, obtuseness means “The quality of being obtuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of obtuseness is obtusenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in obtuseness?
| Letters | 10: O-B-T-U-S-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd 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 obtuseness?
Obtuseness appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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 obtuseness?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-obtuseness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of obtuseness
- obtusenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does obtuseness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being obtuse.
- 2
Something that is obtuse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does obtuseness come from?
From obtuse + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).