astuteness
/əˈst͡ʃuːtnəs/
"astuteness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“astuteness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being astute.
Corpus desk
Index EN-astuteness · astuteness · English
astuteness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | astuteness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈst͡ʃuːtnəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “astuteness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
astuteness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈst͡ʃuːtnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being astute.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for astuteness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From astute + -ness. The correct English form is astuteness, spelled A-S-T-U-T-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality of being astute.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how astuteness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal stultifications, and the trooper continued to say nothing till he had taken a swig at his almost neat whisky. It fulfilled its function of humanizing him on the spot, though he refused to concede his astuteness to a mere gulp of liquor.
And this arose not so much from his greater virtue, nor even his superior style, but from his astuteness in understanding that his frame is best served by custom tailoring.
Etymology
From astute + -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.