randomness
/ˈɹæn.dəm.nəs/noun
randomness is spelled R-A-N-D-O-M-N-E-S-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, randomness means “The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of randomness is randomnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in randomness?
| Letters | 10: R-A-N-D-O-M-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 32,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is randomness?
Randomness appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 32,798th 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 randomness?
- /ˈɹæn.dəm.nəs/
Randomness has 3 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). Recordings: En-us-randomness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of randomness
- randomnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does randomness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely.
- 2
A type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.
- 3
A measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event.
There was no randomness in the teacher's selection of the class representative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Randomness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hasard , aléatoire, aléa |
| German | Zufälligkeit |
| Portuguese | aleatoriedade |
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.