argumentativeness

noun

"argumentativeness" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the state of being argumentative

Corpus desk

Index EN-argumentativeness · argumentativeness · English

argumentativeness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for argumentativeness
PropertyValue
Headwordargumentativeness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “argumentativeness” in English

argumentativenessfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

argumentativeness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "the state of being argumentative".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for argumentativeness, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From argumentative + -ness. The correct English form is argumentativeness, spelled A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    the state of being argumentative

Etymology

From argumentative + -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 "argumentativeness"?
"argumentativeness" is spelled A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "argumentativeness" mean?
As a noun, "argumentativeness" means: the state of being argumentative
What is the origin of the word "argumentativeness"?
From argumentative + -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