cheapness
/ˈtʃiːpnəs/
"cheapness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cheapness” is uncommon English (frequency #74,823 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,823
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or character trait of being cheap (stingy).
Corpus desk
Index EN-cheapness · cheapness · English
cheapness · rank #74,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,823
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH chastisement
Nearest frequency peer: chastisement (-1 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 “cheapness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chastisement
chastisement
25,179 corpus weight
- cheapness
cheapness
25,178 corpus weight
- chemotherap…
chemotherapeutic
25,177 corpus weight
- cherubim
cherubim
25,176 corpus weight
- chickenshit
chickenshit
25,174 corpus weight
- chimeric
chimeric
25,172 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cheapness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cheapness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʃiːpnəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cheapness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cheapness is uncommon English at frequency #74,823 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtʃiːpnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cheapness has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 cheap + -ness. The correct English form is cheapness, spelled C-H-E-A-P-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or character trait of being cheap (stingy).
- 2The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
- 3The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
- 4The state or characteristic of being cheap (whether inexpensive, poorly made, or both).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cheapness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His cheapness was legendary; he refused to use candles or lamps, not to reduce the risk of fire but rather to save a penny.
Her mother, in 1684, retiring with'her daughter, for cheapness, to some place in Surrey, (she does not tell us where,) became acquainted with Dr. Glisson […]
Etymology
From cheap + -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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