wordiness
/ˈwɜː(ɹ)dɪnəs/noun
wordiness is spelled W-O-R-D-I-N-E-S-S: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, wordiness means “The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of wordiness is wordinesses.
How many letters and syllables are in wordiness?
| Letters | 9: W-O-R-D-I-N-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 39 million words; the 191,932nd 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; 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 wordiness?
Wordiness appears about once in every 39 million words in written English, the 191,932nd 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 wordiness?
- /ˈwɜː(ɹ)dɪnəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-wordiness.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wordiness?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as wordiness.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rowdiness.
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 wordiness
- wordinesses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wordiness mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Wordiness in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the excessive use of words:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | palabrería, palabrerío |
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 wordiness come from?
From wordy + -ness.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).