craziness

noun

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"craziness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“craziness” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,338
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being crazy; madness; derangement

Corpus desk

Index EN-craziness · craziness · English

craziness · rank #25,338 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,338
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH craftsmanship

Nearest frequency peer: craftsmanship (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “craziness”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “craziness” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for craziness
PropertyValue
Headwordcraziness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,338
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “craziness”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).crazinesslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “craftsmanship” (#25,337), “creatively” (#25,339), “coy” (#25,336). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “craziness” is #25,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around craziness, anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,338 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for craziness, with forms such as "carziness", "ccraziness", and "craizness". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From crazy + -ness. The correct English form is craziness, spelled C-R-A-Z-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being crazy; madness; derangement
  2. 2
    The state of being broken down or weakened
  3. 3
    The result or product of being crazy.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs

Etymology

From crazy + -ness.

This word in other languages

locura(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • carziness
  • ccraziness
  • craizness
  • crazienss
  • crazines
  • crazinness
  • crazinses
  • crazniess
  • crazziness
  • crraziness
  • crzainess
  • rcaziness

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of craziness - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

carziness2ccraziness1craizness2crazienss2crazines1crazinness1crazinses2crazniess2
Edit distance from "craziness"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "craziness"?
"craziness" is spelled C-R-A-Z-I-N-E-S-S.
What does "craziness" mean?
As a noun, "craziness" means: The state of being crazy; madness; derangement
What are common misspellings of "craziness"?
Common misspellings include "carziness", "ccraziness", "craizness", "crazienss", "crazines". The correct spelling is "craziness".
What is the origin of the word "craziness"?
From crazy + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "craziness", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list