# dizziness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #25,041

## Definitions
1. The state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.

## Etymology
From Middle English disynes, duysenes, from Old English dysiġnes (“dizziness, folly, foolishness, blasphemy”), equivalent to dizzy + -ness.

## Common misspellings (10)
`ddizziness`, `diziness`, `dizizness`, `dizzienss`, `dizzines`, `dizzinness`, `dizzinses`, `dizzniess`, `dziziness`, `idzziness`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dizziness