permissiveness
noun
permissiveness is spelled P-E-R-M-I-S-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S: 14 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, permissiveness means “The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in permissiveness?
| Letters | 14: P-E-R-M-I-S-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is permissiveness?
Permissiveness appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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 permissiveness?
Permissiveness has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with permissiveness?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as permissiveness.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: impressiveness.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does permissiveness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.
The permissiveness of campus life leads many college freshmen to try things they would never have experienced at home.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Permissiveness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | permisividad |
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 permissiveness come from?
From permissive + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).