queerness
noun
queerness is spelled Q-U-E-E-R-N-E-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, queerness means “The quality of being queer or odd” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of queerness is queernesses.
How many letters and syllables are in queerness?
| Letters | 9: Q-U-E-E-R-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 80,453rd 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 queerness?
Queerness appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 80,453rd 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 queerness?
- US
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-queerness.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-queerness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of queerness
- queernesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does queerness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being queer or odd.
- 2
Something queer; an oddity.
- 3
offensiveHomosexuality.
- 4
The quality of being queer, in the sense of not conforming to sexual or gender norms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Queerness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of being queer:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | queerness, queerité |
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 queerness come from?
From queer + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).