blameworthiness

noun

"blameworthiness" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The characteristic of being blameworthy.

Corpus desk

Index EN-blameworthiness · blameworthiness · English

blameworthiness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for blameworthiness
PropertyValue
Headwordblameworthiness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “blameworthiness” in English

blameworthinessfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

blameworthiness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The characteristic of being blameworthy.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for blameworthiness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From blameworthy + -ness. The correct English form is blameworthiness, spelled B-L-A-M-E-W-O-R-T-H-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The characteristic of being blameworthy.

Etymology

From blameworthy + -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 "blameworthiness"?
"blameworthiness" is spelled B-L-A-M-E-W-O-R-T-H-I-N-E-S-S.
What does "blameworthiness" mean?
As a noun, "blameworthiness" means: The characteristic of being blameworthy.
What is the origin of the word "blameworthiness"?
From blameworthy + -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