awkwardness
"awkwardness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“awkwardness” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #28,824 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,824
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | awkwardness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #28,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “awkwardness” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for awkwardness is 11 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #28,824 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 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for awkwardness, with forms such as "akwwardness", "awkawrdness", and "awkkwardness". 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 dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From awkward + -ness. The correct English form is awkwardness, spelled A-W-K-W-A-R-D-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
- 2The quality of an embarrassing situation.
Etymology
From awkward + -ness.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: akwwardness,awkawrdness,awkkwardness,awkwadrness,awkwarddness,awkwardenss,awkwardnes,awkwardnness,awkwardnses,awkwarndess,awkwarrdness,awkwradness,awkwwardness,awwkardness,awwkwardness,wakwardness
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of awkwardness - 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 “awkwardness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-W-K-W-A-R-D-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.