dangerousness
"dangerousness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dangerousness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being dangerous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dangerousness · dangerousness · English
dangerousness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | dangerousness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dangerousness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dangerousness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or quality of being dangerous.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for dangerousness, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 dangerous + -ness. The correct English form is dangerousness, spelled D-A-N-G-E-R-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being dangerous.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dangerousness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The D.C. Circuit held, however, that when the district court’s finding of dangerousness is based on the nature and circumstances of a defendant’s conduct on January 6, a defendant’s participation in the Capitol riot is not sufficient, standing alone, to justify a finding of dangerousness.
Etymology
From dangerous + -ness.
This word in other languages
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.