baseness

/ˈbeɪsnəs/

//ˈbeɪsnəs// noun

"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

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Key facts for baseness
PropertyValue
Headwordbaseness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈbeɪsnəs/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “baseness” in English

basenessranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    The quality or condition of being base.
  2. 2
    The 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baseness"?
"baseness" is spelled B-A-S-E-N-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈbeɪsnəs/.
What does "baseness" mean?
As a noun, "baseness" means: The quality or condition of being base.
How do you pronounce "baseness"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baseness" is /ˈbeɪsnəs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "baseness"?
From base + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list