obviousness
/ˈɒ(b)viəsnɪs/noun
obviousness is spelled O-B-V-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, obviousness means “The characteristic of being obvious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of obviousness is obviousnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in obviousness?
| Letters | 11: O-B-V-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 86,301st 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 obviousness?
Obviousness appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 86,301st 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 obviousness?
- UK /ˈɒ(b)viəsnɪs/
- UK /-ɪəs-/
- UK /-nəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-obviousness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of obviousness
- obviousnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does obviousness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic of being obvious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Obviousness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense characteristic of being obvious:
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 obviousness come from?
From obvious + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).