unfairness
/ʌnˈfɛɚnəs/noun
unfairness is spelled U-N-F-A-I-R-N-E-S-S: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, unfairness means “The state of being unfair; lack of justice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of unfairness is unfairnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in unfairness?
| Letters | 10: U-N-F-A-I-R-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,565th 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 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 unfairness?
Unfairness appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th 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 unfairness?
- UK /ʌnˈfɛənəs/
- US /ʌnˈfɛɚnəs/
- Australia /ɐnˈfeːnəs/
Unfairness 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: En-us-unfairness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with unfairness?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as unfairness 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 unfairness
- unfairnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unfairness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being unfair; lack of justice.
- 2
An unjust act or situation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unfairness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of being unfair:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | injustice |
| German | Ungerechtigkeit, Unrecht |
| Portuguese | injustiça |
| Spanish | injusticia |
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 unfairness come from?
From unfair + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).