strangeness
noun
strangeness is spelled S-T-R-A-N-G-E-N-E-S-S: 11 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, strangeness means “The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of strangeness is strangenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in strangeness?
| Letters | 11: S-T-R-A-N-G-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,187th 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 strangeness?
Strangeness appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,187th 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 strangeness?
Strangeness has 2 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).
Forms of strangeness
- strangenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does strangeness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
- 2
The product or result of being strange.
- 3
One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Strangeness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense (uncountable) quality of being strange:
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 strangeness come from?
From Middle English straungenesse; equivalent to strange + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).