attractiveness
"attractiveness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“attractiveness” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #20,843 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,843
- frequency rank, English
- 14
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being attractive or engaging.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | attractiveness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #20,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “attractiveness” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for attractiveness is 14 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #20,843 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for attractiveness, with forms such as "atractiveness", "atrtactiveness", and "attarctiveness". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From attractive + -ness. The correct English form is attractiveness, spelled A-T-T-R-A-C-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being attractive or engaging.
- 2The result of being attractive.
Etymology
From attractive + -ness.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atractiveness,atrtactiveness,attarctiveness,attracctiveness,attracitveness,attractievness,attractiveenss,attractivenes,attractivenness,attractivenses,attractivneess,attractivveness,attracttiveness,attractvieness,attratciveness,attrcativeness,attrractiveness,tatractiveness
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attractiveness - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “attractiveness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-T-T-R-A-C-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.