tameness
noun
tameness is spelled T-A-M-E-N-E-S-S: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tameness means “The state or quality of being tame” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tameness is tamenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in tameness?
| Letters | 8: T-A-M-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 29 million words; the 163,711th 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 tameness?
Tameness appears about once in every 29 million words in written English, the 163,711th 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 tameness?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tameness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tameness
- tamenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tameness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being tame.
- 2
rareThe result or product of being tame.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tameness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state or quality of being tame:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mansuétude |
| Spanish | insipidez |
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 tameness come from?
From tame + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).