childlessness
/ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯ɫdləs.nəs/
"childlessness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“childlessness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being childless.
Corpus desk
Index EN-childlessness · childlessness · English
childlessness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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 | childlessness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯ɫdləs.nəs/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “childlessness” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
childlessness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈt͡ʃʰaɪ̯ɫdləs.nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being childless.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for childlessness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From childless + -ness. The correct English form is childlessness, spelled C-H-I-L-D-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being childless.
Etymology
From childless + -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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.