divisiveness
"divisiveness" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“divisiveness” is uncommon English (frequency #60,026 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,026
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The characteristic of being divisive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-divisiveness · divisiveness · English
divisiveness · rank #60,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,026
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH diversionary
Nearest frequency peer: diversionary (-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 “divisiveness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- disciplinar…
disciplinarian
39,978 corpus weight
- disincentive
disincentive
39,977 corpus weight
- diversionary
diversionary
39,976 corpus weight
- divisiveness
divisiveness
39,975 corpus weight
- DNI
DNI
39,974 corpus weight
- doctoring
doctoring
39,973 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “divisiveness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | divisiveness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #60,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “divisiveness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
divisiveness is uncommon English at frequency #60,026 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The characteristic of being divisive.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for divisiveness, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From divisive + -ness. The correct English form is divisiveness, spelled D-I-V-I-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The characteristic of being divisive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how divisiveness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I realized today that the politics of divisiveness embraced by the neocons has worked, and it has worked on me.
Etymology
From divisive + -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 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).