offensiveness
noun
offensiveness is spelled O-F-F-E-N-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, offensiveness means “The quality of being offensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of offensiveness is offensivenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in offensiveness?
| Letters | 13: O-F-F-E-N-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st 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 offensiveness?
Offensiveness appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st 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 offensiveness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-offensiveness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of offensiveness
- offensivenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does offensiveness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being offensive.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does offensiveness come from?
From offensive + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).