baseness
/ˈbeɪsnəs/
"baseness" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“baseness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality or condition of being base.
Corpus desk
Index EN-baseness · baseness · English
baseness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | baseness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbeɪsnəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “baseness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
baseness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbeɪsnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for baseness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From base + -ness. The correct English form is baseness, spelled B-A-S-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality or condition of being base.
- 2The quality of being unworthy to hold virtues or value.
Etymology
From base + -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.