painfulness
noun
painfulness is spelled P-A-I-N-F-U-L-N-E-S-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, painfulness means “The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of painfulness is painfulnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in painfulness?
| Letters | 11: P-A-I-N-F-U-L-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th 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 painfulness?
Painfulness appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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).
Forms of painfulness
- painfulnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does painfulness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being painful, of causing pain.
- 2
The state or quality of being tedious, of requiring great care.
Near-synonyms: tediousness, laboriousness
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does painfulness come from?
From Middle English peynfulnes, peynfulnesse, equivalent to painful + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).