awareness
/əˈwɛɚ.nəs/
"awareness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“awareness” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,350 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,350
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | awareness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈwɛɚ.nəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #3,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “awareness” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for awareness is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈwɛɚ.nəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,350 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for awareness, with forms such as "aawreness", "awaerness", and "awareenss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From aware + -ness. The correct English form is awareness, spelled A-W-A-R-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
- 2The state or quality of being aware of something.
Etymology
From aware + -ness.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aawreness,awaerness,awareenss,awarenes,awarenness,awarenses,awarneess,awarreness,awraeness,awwareness,waareness
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of awareness - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “awareness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-W-A-R-E-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈwɛɚ.nəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.