wildness
/ˈwaɪld.nəs/noun
wildness is spelled W-I-L-D-N-E-S-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wildness means “The state or quality of being wild” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wildness is wildnesses.
How many letters and syllables are in wildness?
| Letters | 8: W-I-L-D-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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 wildness?
Wildness appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 wildness?
- /ˈwaɪld.nəs/
Wildness 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-wildness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wildness?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as wildness.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: windless.
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 wildness
- wildnesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wildness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or quality of being wild.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wildness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of being wild or untamed:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sauvagerie |
| German | Wildheit, Wildsein, Ungezähmtheit |
| Portuguese | feridade, fereza |
| Spanish | bravura, desenfreno |
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 wildness come from?
From Middle English wildenes, wildenesse, equivalent to wild + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).