unselfishness
noun
unselfishness is spelled U-N-S-E-L-F-I-S-H-N-E-S-S: 13 letters. 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, unselfishness means “The state of being unselfish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of unselfishness is unselfishnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in unselfishness?
| Letters | 13: U-N-S-E-L-F-I-S-H-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 106,501st 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 unselfishness?
Unselfishness 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 unselfishness?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-unselfishness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unselfishness
- unselfishnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unselfishness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being unselfish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does unselfishness come from?
From unselfish + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).