cloudiness
"cloudiness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cloudiness” is uncommon English (frequency #84,107 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,107
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of the sky, weather, etc.: the state of being cloudy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cloudiness · cloudiness · English
cloudiness · rank #84,107 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,107
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Clayton's
Nearest frequency peer: Clayton's (-3 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 “cloudiness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cienega
cienega
15,900 corpus weight
- ciprofloxac…
ciprofloxacin
15,899 corpus weight
- Clayton's
Clayton's
15,897 corpus weight
- cloudiness
cloudiness
15,894 corpus weight
- compartment…
compartmentalize
15,890 corpus weight
- Congreve
Congreve
15,887 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cloudiness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cloudiness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cloudiness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cloudiness is uncommon English at frequency #84,107 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cloudiness, 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 cloudy + -ness. The correct English form is cloudiness, spelled C-L-O-U-D-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Of the sky, weather, etc.: the state of being cloudy.
- 2Of a liquid: the property of being murky.
- 3Of information, a writing style, etc.: the property of being obscure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cloudiness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Expect considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers.
[W]hy vvhat's the matter? / That you haue ſuch a Februarie face, / So full of froſt, of ſtorme, and clovvdineſſe.
Etymology
From cloudy + -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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