courageousness

Name: courageousness, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English: 14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - the state of being courageous

Corpus desk

Index EN-courageousness · courageousness · English

courageousness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for courageousness
Property	Value
Headword	courageousness
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	14
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “courageousness” in English

courageousnessranks 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

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

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for courageousness, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 courageous + -ness. The correct English form is courageousness, spelled C-O-U-R-A-G-E-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.

Definition

1
the state of being courageous

Etymology

From courageous + -ness.

Synonyms

bravery ballsiness

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 "courageousness"?

"courageousness" is spelled C-O-U-R-A-G-E-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.

What does "courageousness" mean?

As a noun, "courageousness" means: the state of being courageous

What is the origin of the word "courageousness"?

From courageous + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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