adhesiveness

noun

"adhesiveness" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“adhesiveness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive

Corpus desk

Index EN-adhesiveness · adhesiveness · English

adhesiveness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for adhesiveness
PropertyValue
Headwordadhesiveness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “adhesiveness” in English

adhesivenesssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adhesiveness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive".

Zero misspellings are on record for adhesiveness in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From adhesive + -ness. The correct English form is adhesiveness, spelled A-D-H-E-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive

Etymology

From adhesive + -ness.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adhesiveness"?
"adhesiveness" is spelled A-D-H-E-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "adhesiveness" mean?
As a noun, "adhesiveness" means: the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive
What is the origin of the word "adhesiveness"?
From adhesive + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list