doubleness

noun

"doubleness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“doubleness” 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 September 3, 2026) - The state of being double or doubled.

Corpus desk

Index EN-doubleness · doubleness · English

doubleness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for doubleness
PropertyValue
Headworddoubleness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “doubleness” in English

doublenessfalls 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

doubleness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for doubleness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English doublenesse; equivalent to double + -ness. The correct English form is doubleness, spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being double or doubled.
  2. 2
    Behaviour intended to deceive people.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how doubleness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 1540, Great Bible, 1 Chronicles 12 [verse 33], And of Zabulon that went out to the battayle and proceded forth to the war, with all maner of instrumentes of war fyftie M. that were prepared to the war, without any doublenesse of herte.
  2. If you think well to carry this as you may, the doubleness of the benefit defends the deceit from reproof.

Etymology

From Middle English doublenesse; equivalent to double + -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 "doubleness"?
"doubleness" is spelled D-O-U-B-L-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "doubleness" mean?
As a noun, "doubleness" means: The state of being double or doubled.
What is the origin of the word "doubleness"?
From Middle English doublenesse; equivalent to double + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list