costiveness
/ˈkɒstɪvnəs/
"costiveness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“costiveness” 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 or quality of being costive; constipation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-costiveness · costiveness · English
costiveness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | costiveness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɒstɪvnəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “costiveness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
costiveness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɒstɪvnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for costiveness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From costive + -ness. The correct English form is costiveness, spelled C-O-S-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being costive; constipation.
- 2Inability to express oneself; stiffness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how costiveness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The new cases prove that in habitual costiveness or inactivity of the bowels, galvanism is a more valuable remedy, and that its effects are permanent .
a reverend disputant of the same coftiveness in public elocution with myself
Etymology
From costive + -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.