concreteness

noun

"concreteness" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“concreteness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being concrete.

Corpus desk

Index EN-concreteness · concreteness · English

concreteness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for concreteness
PropertyValue
Headwordconcreteness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “concreteness” in English

concretenessranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

concreteness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

concreteness doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 concrete + -ness. The correct English form is concreteness, spelled C-O-N-C-R-E-T-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being concrete.
  2. 2
    The result of being concrete.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how concreteness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Just as [absolute perfection in some respects, relative perfection in all others] is the whole positive content of perfection, so CW, or the conception of the Creator-and-the-Whole-of-what-he-has-created as constituting one life, the super-whole which in its everlasting essence is uncreated (and does not necessitate just the parts which the whole has) but…

Etymology

From concrete + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "concreteness"?
"concreteness" is spelled C-O-N-C-R-E-T-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "concreteness" mean?
As a noun, "concreteness" means: The state of being concrete.
What is the origin of the word "concreteness"?
From concrete + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list