unawareness
/ʌn.əˈwɛɚ.nəs/noun
unawareness is spelled U-N-A-W-A-R-E-N-E-S-S: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, unawareness means “The state of being unaware” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of unawareness is unawarenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in unawareness?
| Letters | 11: U-N-A-W-A-R-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is unawareness?
Unawareness appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 106,501st 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 unawareness?
- UK /ʌn.əˈwɛə.nəs/
- US /ʌn.əˈwɛɚ.nəs/
Unawareness has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with unawareness?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as unawareness from its last stressed vowel (/ɛəɹnəs/):
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 unawareness
- unawarenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unawareness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being unaware.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unawareness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | méconnaissance |
| German | Unwissenheit, Ignoranz |
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 unawareness come from?
From unaware + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).