chasteness
"chasteness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chasteness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being chaste; chastity
Corpus desk
Index EN-chasteness · chasteness · English
chasteness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | chasteness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chasteness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chasteness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being chaste; chastity".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for chasteness, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English chastnesse; equivalent to chaste + -ness. The correct English form is chasteness, spelled C-H-A-S-T-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being chaste; chastity
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how chasteness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The chasteness of her dress made her appear the allusive semblance of Purity itself
Livia's public image and her statues portrayed her as one imbued with the qualities of moral chasteness and matronly respectability
Etymology
From Middle English chastnesse; equivalent to chaste + -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.