sturdiness
noun
sturdiness is spelled S-T-U-R-D-I-N-E-S-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sturdiness means “The state or quality of being sturdy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sturdiness is sturdinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in sturdiness?
| Letters | 10: S-T-U-R-D-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 110,368th 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 sturdiness?
Sturdiness appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th 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 sturdiness?
Sturdiness 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)-Vealhurl-sturdiness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sturdiness
- sturdinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sturdiness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being sturdy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sturdiness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state or quality of being sturdy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | robustesse |
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 sturdiness come from?
From sturdy + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).