Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

markedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: marked-ness
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Using the word "comedienne" instead of "comedian" can be seen as an example of markedness."

Etymology

From marked + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: marked

Usage

Inflected Forms

markednesses (plural)

Phrases

markedness constraint

Questions

What does markedness mean?: The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.
Where does markedness come from?: From marked + -ness.

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