wholesomeness
noun
wholesomeness is spelled W-H-O-L-E-S-O-M-E-N-E-S-S: 13 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wholesomeness means “The state of being wholesome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wholesomeness is wholesomenesses.
How many letters and syllables are in wholesomeness?
| Letters | 13: W-H-O-L-E-S-O-M-E-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 84,254th 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 wholesomeness?
Wholesomeness appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 84,254th 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 wholesomeness?
Wholesomeness 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-wholesomeness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of wholesomeness
- wholesomenesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wholesomeness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of being wholesome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does wholesomeness come from?
From Middle English holsumnesse, equivalent to wholesome + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).