believableness

noun

"believableness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“believableness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being believable; believability.

Corpus desk

Index EN-believableness · believableness · English

believableness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for believableness
PropertyValue
Headwordbelievableness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “believableness” in English

believablenesssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

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

Rare enough to double-check

believableness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or quality of being believable; believability.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for believableness, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From believable + -ness. The correct English form is believableness, spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-A-B-L-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or quality of being believable; believability.

Etymology

From believable + -ness.

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 "believableness"?
"believableness" is spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-A-B-L-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "believableness" mean?
As a noun, "believableness" means: The state or quality of being believable; believability.
What is the origin of the word "believableness"?
From believable + -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