sloppiness
noun
sloppiness is spelled S-L-O-P-P-I-N-E-S-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sloppiness means “The property of being sloppy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sloppiness is sloppinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in sloppiness?
| Letters | 10: S-L-O-P-P-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 77,666th 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 sloppiness?
Sloppiness appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th 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 sloppiness?
- US
Sloppiness 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-sloppiness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sloppiness
- sloppinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sloppiness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The property of being sloppy.
- 2
The result or product of being sloppy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sloppiness come from?
From sloppy + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).