perverseness
noun
perverseness is spelled P-E-R-V-E-R-S-E-N-E-S-S: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, perverseness means “The quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of perverseness is perversenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in perverseness?
| Letters | 12: P-E-R-V-E-R-S-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 51 million words; the 222,788th 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 perverseness?
Perverseness appears about once in every 51 million words in written English, the 222,788th 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 perverseness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-perverseness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of perverseness
- perversenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does perverseness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being perverse; doggedness, obstinacy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does perverseness come from?
From perverse + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).