cheesiness
/ˈt͡ʃiːz.i.nəs/
"cheesiness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cheesiness” 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 quality, condition, or state of being cheesy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cheesiness · cheesiness · English
cheesiness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | cheesiness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃiːz.i.nəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cheesiness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cheesiness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃiːz.i.nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality, condition, or state of being cheesy.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cheesiness, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cheesy + -ness. The correct English form is cheesiness, spelled C-H-E-E-S-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality, condition, or state of being cheesy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cheesiness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The bold, straightforward cheesiness of a good mac’n’cheese, the simple, eat-with-your-hands casualness of burgers and fried chicken are still part of our gastronomic makeup, even when we are sitting down to an elegant multicourse dégustation.
Etymology
From cheesy + -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.