tenaciousness
tena·cious·ness/təˈneɪʃəsnəs/noun
tenaciousness is spelled T-E-N-A-C-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S: 13 letters and 3 syllables (tena·cious·ness). It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tenaciousness means “The characteristic of being tenacious; tenacity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tenaciousness?
| Letters | 13: T-E-N-A-C-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: tena·cious·ness |
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th 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 tenaciousness?
Tenaciousness appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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 tenaciousness?
- /təˈneɪʃəsnəs/
Tenaciousness has 3 syllables, split tena·cious·ness in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tenaciousness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does tenaciousness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic of being tenacious; tenacity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tenaciousness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense quality or state of being tenacious:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ténacité |
| German | Zähigkeit, Beharrlichkeit |
| Portuguese | tenacidade |
| Spanish | tenacidad, tesón |
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 tenaciousness come from?
From tenacious + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).