acuteness
"acuteness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“acuteness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being acute or pointed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-acuteness · acuteness · English
acuteness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acuteness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “acuteness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
acuteness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for acuteness, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From acute + -ness. The correct English form is acuteness, spelled A-C-U-T-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality of being acute or pointed.
- 2Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
- 3Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
- 4Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
- 5Shrewdness, quickness of mind.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how acuteness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the acuteness of an angle
By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions.
Etymology
From acute + -ness.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.