tardiness
noun
tardiness is spelled T-A-R-D-I-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tardiness means “The state or quality of being tardy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tardiness is tardinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in tardiness?
| Letters | 9: T-A-R-D-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 57,423rd 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 tardiness?
Tardiness appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 57,423rd 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 tardiness?
- US
Tardiness 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)-Flame,_not_lame-tardiness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tardiness
- tardinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tardiness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being tardy.
- 2
The result or product of being tardy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tardiness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the state of being late:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Unpünktlichkeit, Verspätung |
| Spanish | tardanza, sorna, morosidad |
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 tardiness come from?
From tardy + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).