sweetness
sweet·ness/ˈswitnəs/noun
sweetness is spelled S-W-E-E-T-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables (sweet·ness). It appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sweetness means “The condition of being sweet (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sweetness is sweetnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in sweetness?
| Letters | 9: S-W-E-E-T-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: sweet·ness |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th 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 sweetness?
Sweetness appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 sweetness?
- UK /ˈswiːtnəs/
- US /ˈswitnəs/
Sweetness has 2 syllables, split sweet·ness in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-sweetness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sweetness
- sweetnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sweetness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being sweet (all senses).
- 2
A pleasant disposition; kindness.
Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.
- 3
The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.
- 4
informalA term of address for one's sweetheart.
Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said / I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sweetness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | douceur, sucrosité, goût sucré |
| German | Süße, Süßigkeit |
| Portuguese | doçura |
| Spanish | dulzura, dulzor, melosidad, dulcedumbre , agradabilidad |
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 sweetness come from?
From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English swētnes (“sweetness”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtinassī (“sweetness”), equivalent to sweet + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian swietens (“sweetness”), obsolete Dutch zoetenis (“sweetness”), Old High German swuoznessi, suoznessi (“sweetness”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).