dulceness

noun

"dulceness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sweetness

Corpus desk

Index EN-dulceness · dulceness · English

dulceness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for dulceness
PropertyValue
Headworddulceness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “dulceness” in English

dulcenessranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

dulceness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sweetness".

Zero misspellings are on record for dulceness in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From dulce + -ness. The correct English form is dulceness, spelled D-U-L-C-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    sweetness

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. But above all, in this righting and helping of a man's self in his own carriage, he must take heed he shew not himself dismantled, and exposed to scorn and injury, by too much dulceness, goodness, and facility of nature;

Etymology

From dulce + -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 "dulceness"?
"dulceness" is spelled D-U-L-C-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "dulceness" mean?
As a noun, "dulceness" means: sweetness
What is the origin of the word "dulceness"?
From dulce + -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