whiteness
/ˈwaɪtnəs/noun
whiteness is spelled W-H-I-T-E-N-E-S-S: 9 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, whiteness means “The state or quality of being white (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of whiteness is whitenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in whiteness?
| Letters | 9: W-H-I-T-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is whiteness?
Whiteness appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th 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 whiteness?
- /ˈwaɪtnəs/
- /ˈʍaɪtnəs/
Whiteness has 2 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-whiteness.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of whiteness
- whitenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does whiteness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being white (all senses).
- 2
The quality of being white (in the racial sense).
- 3
The quality of being white noise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Whiteness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | blancheur , blanchité, blanchitude |
| German | Weiße, Weisse, Weißheit, Weissheit, Weißsein, Weisssein |
| Portuguese | brancura, alvura , branquitude |
| Spanish | blancura, albor, albura, blancor |
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 whiteness come from?
Inherited from Middle English whitenesse, whitnesse, whytnesse, hwitnesse, from Old English hwītnes (“whiteness”), equivalent to white + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).