swiftness
swift·ness/ˈswɪftnɪs/noun
swiftness is spelled S-W-I-F-T-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables (swift·ness). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, swiftness means “The state of being swift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of swiftness is swiftnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in swiftness?
| Letters | 9: S-W-I-F-T-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: swift·ness |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th 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 swiftness?
Swiftness appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 swiftness?
- /ˈswɪftnɪs/
Swiftness has 2 syllables, split swift·ness in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-swiftness.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of swiftness
- swiftnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does swiftness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being swift.
with remarkable swiftness
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does swiftness come from?
From Middle English swiftnesse, swyftnesse, from Old English swiftnes (“swiftness”), equivalent to swift + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).