deliciousness
"deliciousness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deliciousness” is uncommon English (frequency #55,374 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,374
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or quality of being delicious.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deliciousness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #55,374 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deliciousness” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
deliciousness is uncommon English at frequency #55,374 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or quality of being delicious.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for deliciousness, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From delicious + -ness. The correct English form is deliciousness, spelled D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being delicious.
Etymology
From delicious + -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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “deliciousness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.