crestfallenness

noun

"crestfallenness" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-crestfallenness · crestfallenness · English

crestfallenness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for crestfallenness
PropertyValue
Headwordcrestfallenness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “crestfallenness” in English

crestfallennessfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

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

No misspelling variants are generated for crestfallenness in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From crestfallen + -ness. The correct English form is crestfallenness, spelled C-R-E-S-T-F-A-L-L-E-N-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being crestfallen.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Everywhere a sullen look — everywhere that ineffable aspect of crestfallenness!

Etymology

From crestfallen + -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 "crestfallenness"?
"crestfallenness" is spelled C-R-E-S-T-F-A-L-L-E-N-N-E-S-S.
What does "crestfallenness" mean?
As a noun, "crestfallenness" means: The quality of being crestfallen.
What is the origin of the word "crestfallenness"?
From crestfallen + -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