Home › Words › O › oftnessoftnessoftness means the quality of happening often; frequency.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, oftness ranks #8,611 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom oft + -ness.nounThe quality of happening often; frequency.e.g.“Often fasting which was a virtue in John's disciples could not in them of itself be a vice, and therefore not the oftness of their fasting but their hypocrisy therein was blamed.” — 1888, Richard Hooker, John Keble, The Works, volume 2, page 411:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.oft 67% match — often; frequently; not rarely vs oftness →ofttime 64% match — often vs oftness →frequentativeness 61% match — The state or condition of being frequentative. vs oftness →everydayness 60% match — The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently. vs oftness →frequentage 59% match — The habit or act of frequenting. vs oftness →unoften 58% match — Not often; rarely, seldom. vs oftness →oversoftness 58% match — Excessive softness. vs oftness →seldomness 57% match — Rareness; infrequency; uncommonness. vs oftness →