corruptness

noun

"corruptness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-corruptness · corruptness · English

corruptness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for corruptness
PropertyValue
Headwordcorruptness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “corruptness” in English

corruptnessranks 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

corruptness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being corrupt.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for corruptness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 corrupt + -ness. The correct English form is corruptness, spelled C-O-R-R-U-P-T-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being corrupt.

Etymology

From corrupt + -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 "corruptness"?
"corruptness" is spelled C-O-R-R-U-P-T-N-E-S-S.
What does "corruptness" mean?
As a noun, "corruptness" means: The state of being corrupt.
What is the origin of the word "corruptness"?
From corrupt + -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