clumsiness
/ˈklʌm.zi.nəs/
"clumsiness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clumsiness” is uncommon English (frequency #61,378 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,378
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clumsiness · clumsiness · English
clumsiness · rank #61,378 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,378
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Clydebank
Nearest frequency peer: Clydebank (+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 “clumsiness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- classier
classier
38,627 corpus weight
- cleat
cleat
38,625 corpus weight
- clumsiness
clumsiness
38,623 corpus weight
- Clydebank
Clydebank
38,622 corpus weight
- colander
colander
38,620 corpus weight
- Colston
Colston
38,619 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “clumsiness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clumsiness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈklʌm.zi.nəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #61,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clumsiness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clumsiness is uncommon English at frequency #61,378 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈklʌm.zi.nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.".
clumsiness has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From clumsy + -ness. The correct English form is clumsiness, spelled C-L-U-M-S-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clumsiness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He dropped them not out of spite, but out of clumsiness.
Etymology
From clumsy + -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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