cohesiveness
"cohesiveness" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cohesiveness” is uncommon English (frequency #63,516 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,516
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being cohesive; cohesion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cohesiveness · cohesiveness · English
cohesiveness · rank #63,516 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,516
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH codebase
Nearest frequency peer: codebase (-1 rank slots)
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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 “cohesiveness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- clumping
clumping
36,490 corpus weight
- coalfield
coalfield
36,489 corpus weight
- cockle
cockle
36,487 corpus weight
- codebase
codebase
36,486 corpus weight
- cohesiveness
cohesiveness
36,485 corpus weight
- comeuppance
comeuppance
36,480 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cohesiveness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cohesiveness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #63,516 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cohesiveness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cohesiveness is uncommon English at frequency #63,516 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being cohesive; cohesion.".
cohesiveness has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From cohesive + -ness. The correct English form is cohesiveness, spelled C-O-H-E-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being cohesive; cohesion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cohesiveness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Slangs are used consciously, or they quite naturally establish and reinforce social identity or cohesiveness within a group or with a trend or fashion in society.
Etymology
From cohesive + -ness.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).