deliciousness
"deliciousness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deliciousness” is uncommon English (frequency #55,374 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,374
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being delicious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deliciousness · deliciousness · English
deliciousness · rank #55,374 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,374
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH depreciate
Nearest frequency peer: depreciate (+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 “deliciousness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- DAF
DAF
44,634 corpus weight
- Dagon
Dagon
44,633 corpus weight
- DCU
DCU
44,630 corpus weight
- deliciousne…
deliciousness
44,627 corpus weight
- depreciate
depreciate
44,626 corpus weight
- despotism
despotism
44,621 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “deliciousness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “deliciousness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
deliciousness is uncommon English at frequency #55,374 among 3,470 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how deliciousness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonyms: scrumptiousness, hyperpalatability
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).