waywardness
/ˈweɪ.wə(ɹ)d.nəs/noun
waywardness is spelled W-A-Y-W-A-R-D-N-E-S-S: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, waywardness means “The state or quality of being wayward” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of waywardness is waywardnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in waywardness?
| Letters | 11: W-A-Y-W-A-R-D-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd 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 waywardness?
Waywardness appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd 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 waywardness?
- /ˈweɪ.wə(ɹ)d.nəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-waywardness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of waywardness
- waywardnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does waywardness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being wayward.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does waywardness come from?
From wayward + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).