skillfulness
noun
skillfulness is spelled S-K-I-L-L-F-U-L-N-E-S-S: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skillfulness means “The state or quality of being adept or skillful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skillfulness is skillfulnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in skillfulness?
| Letters | 12: S-K-I-L-L-F-U-L-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th 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 skillfulness?
Skillfulness appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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 skillfulness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-skillfulness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skillfulness
- skillfulnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skillfulness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being adept or skillful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does skillfulness come from?
From Middle English skylfulnesse, equivalent to skillful + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).