bigness
/ˈbɪɡnəs/
"bigness" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bigness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Size.
Corpus desk
Index EN-bigness · bigness · English
bigness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | bigness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɪɡnəs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bigness” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bigness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɪɡnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bigness in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bignesse (“size”), equivalent to big + -ness. The correct English form is bigness, spelled B-I-G-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Size.
- 2The characteristic of being big.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bigness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His [a hart's] head when it commeth firſt out, hath a ruſſet pyll vpon it, the which is called Veluet,[…]. When his head is growne out to the full bigneſſe, then he rubbeth of that pyll, and that is called fraying of his head.
Mine old lord, whiles he liv'd, was so precise, / That he would take exceptions at my buttons, / And, being like pins' heads, blame me for the bigness; / Which made me curate-like in mine attire,
Etymology
From Middle English bignesse (“size”), equivalent to big + -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.
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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.