# awkwardness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,824

## Definitions
1. The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
2. The quality of an embarrassing situation.

## Etymology
From awkward + -ness.

## Common misspellings (16)
`akwwardness`, `awkawrdness`, `awkkwardness`, `awkwadrness`, `awkwarddness`, `awkwardenss`, `awkwardnes`, `awkwardnness`, `awkwardnses`, `awkwarndess`, `awkwarrdness`, `awkwradness`, `awkwwardness`, `awwkardness`, `awwkwardness`, `wakwardness`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/awkwardness