breathlessness
"breathlessness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“breathlessness” is uncommon English (frequency #79,337 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,337
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-breathlessness · breathlessness · English
breathlessness · rank #79,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,337
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Brinkman
Nearest frequency peer: Brinkman (+2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “breathlessness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Brahmana
Brahmana
20,669 corpus weight
- Brahmaputra
Brahmaputra
20,668 corpus weight
- Bratz
Bratz
20,667 corpus weight
- breathlessn…
breathlessness
20,664 corpus weight
- Brinkman
Brinkman
20,662 corpus weight
- brr
brr
20,659 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “breathlessness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | breathlessness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #79,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “breathlessness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
breathlessness is uncommon English at frequency #79,337 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for breathlessness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From breathless + -ness. The correct English form is breathlessness, spelled B-R-E-A-T-H-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.
- 2Difficult or labored breathing, as a symptom or sign of a medical condition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how breathlessness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Climbing eight flights of stairs while the elevator is out of service can easily produce some breathlessness in people whose physical fitness is otherwise not noticeably impaired.
Dickinson's longer lines and use of ampersands ^([Bronski means dashes]) creates a breathlessness that evokes sexual excitement, an urgency that precludes, or at least, overshadows thought.
Etymology
From breathless + -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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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