creepiness

noun

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"creepiness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“creepiness” is uncommon English (frequency #88,237 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,237
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-creepiness · creepiness · English

creepiness · rank #88,237 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,237
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH crabbing

Nearest frequency peer: crabbing (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “creepiness”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “creepiness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for creepiness
PropertyValue
Headwordcreepiness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#88,237
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “creepiness” in English

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).creepinessfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “crabbing” (#88,236), “crematory” (#88,238), “couponing” (#88,234). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “creepiness” is #88,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

creepiness is uncommon English at frequency #88,237 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being creepy.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for creepiness, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From creepy + -ness. The correct English form is creepiness, spelled C-R-E-E-P-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being creepy.

Etymology

From creepy + -ness.

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 "creepiness"?
"creepiness" is spelled C-R-E-E-P-I-N-E-S-S.
What does "creepiness" mean?
As a noun, "creepiness" means: The state of being creepy.
What is the origin of the word "creepiness"?
From creepy + -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 "creepiness", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

corregidor#88,229derogation#88,265circularly#88,206doorkeeper#88,287

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list