tenseness
noun
tenseness is spelled T-E-N-S-E-N-E-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tenseness means “The characteristic of being tense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tenseness is tensenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in tenseness?
| Letters | 9: T-E-N-S-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 161,690th 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 tenseness?
Tenseness appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 161,690th 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 tenseness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-tenseness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tenseness
- tensenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tenseness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The characteristic of being tense.
- 2
A particular vowel or consonant quality that is phonemically contrastive in many languages, including English.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tenseness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the characteristic of being tense:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tension |
| German | Gespanntheit |
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 tenseness come from?
From tense + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).