docileness

Name: docileness, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“docileness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English: 10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quality of being docile; docility.

Key facts for docileness
Property	Value
Headword	docileness
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	10
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “docileness” sits in English frequency

docileness falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

docileness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Quality of being docile; docility.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for docileness, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From docile + -ness. The correct English form is docileness, spelled D-O-C-I-L-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

1
Quality of being docile; docility.

Etymology

From docile + -ness.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "docileness"?

"docileness" is spelled D-O-C-I-L-E-N-E-S-S.

What does "docileness" mean?

As a noun, "docileness" means: Quality of being docile; docility.

What is the origin of the word "docileness"?

From docile + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “docileness”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is D-O-C-I-L-E-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.