rottenness
noun
rottenness is spelled R-O-T-T-E-N-N-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, rottenness means “The quality of being rotten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of rottenness is rottennesses.
How many letters and syllables are in rottenness?
| Letters | 10: R-O-T-T-E-N-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th 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 rottenness?
Rottenness appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th 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 rottenness?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rottenness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rottenness
- rottennesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rottenness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The quality of being rotten.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rottenness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of being rotten:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pourriture |
| German | Fäulnis |
| Portuguese | podridão |
| Spanish | podredumbre |
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 rottenness come from?
From Middle English rotennesse; equivalent to rotten + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).