tiredness
noun
tiredness is spelled T-I-R-E-D-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tiredness means “The state of being tired” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tiredness is tirednesses.
How many letters and syllables are in tiredness?
| Letters | 9: T-I-R-E-D-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,974th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tiredness?
Tiredness appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,974th 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 tiredness?
Tiredness 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)-Vealhurl-tiredness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tiredness?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tiredness.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dissenter.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tiredness
- tirednesses plural
- tirednesse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tiredness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being tired.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tiredness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being tired:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fatigue |
| German | Müdigkeit, Ermüdung |
| Portuguese | cansaço, fadiga |
| Spanish | fatiga, cansancio |
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 tiredness come from?
From Middle English tiredness, terednesse, equivalent to tired + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).