edginess
"edginess" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“edginess” is uncommon English (frequency #86,236 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,236
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being edgy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | edginess |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “edginess” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
edginess is uncommon English at frequency #86,236 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being edgy.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for edginess in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From edgy + -ness. The correct English form is edginess, spelled E-D-G-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being edgy.
Etymology
From edgy + -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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Using “edginess”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-D-G-I-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.