emptiness

noun

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

The verdict

“emptiness” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,344. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,344
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or feeling of being empty.

Corpus desk

Index EN-emptiness · emptiness · English

emptiness · rank #20,344 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,344
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH encompass

Nearest frequency peer: encompass (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “emptiness”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “emptiness” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for emptiness
PropertyValue
Headwordemptiness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,344
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “emptiness”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).emptinesslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “encompass” (#20,345), “Dupont” (#20,342), “ensign” (#20,346). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “emptiness” is #20,344. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around emptiness, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,344 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for emptiness, with forms such as "emmptiness", "empitness", and "empptiness". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English emptynesse, from Old English ǣmtiġnes. By surface analysis, empty + -ness. The correct English form is emptiness, spelled E-M-P-T-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or feeling of being empty.
  2. 2
    A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.
  3. 3
    A nonexistence; a lack of existence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Few people without a training in science can realise the huge isolation of the solar system. The sun with its specks of planets, its dust of planetoids, and its impalpable comets, swims in a vacant immensity that almost defeats the imagination. Beyond the orbit of Neptune there is space, vacant so far as human observation has penetrated, without warmth or…
  2. It seems that they existed in some sort of previous incarnation of our universe, and use abstract terms to describe their existence, such as "feeding on concepts". They prepared for some sort of ascension, but then the Pattern came, which they describe at first as an all-consuming emptiness, elaborating by saying that anything that passed into it was torn…

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English emptynesse, from Old English ǣmtiġnes. By surface analysis, empty + -ness.

This word in other languages

vaciedad(Español)vide(Français)Leere(Deutsch)vazio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmptiness
  • empitness
  • empptiness
  • emptienss
  • emptines
  • emptinness
  • emptinses
  • emptniess
  • empttiness
  • emtpiness
  • epmtiness
  • meptiness

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of emptiness - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emmptiness1empitness2empptiness1emptienss2emptines1emptinness1emptinses2emptniess2
Edit distance from "emptiness"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "emptiness"?
"emptiness" is spelled E-M-P-T-I-N-E-S-S.
What does "emptiness" mean?
As a noun, "emptiness" means: The state or feeling of being empty.
What are common misspellings of "emptiness"?
Common misspellings include "emmptiness", "empitness", "empptiness", "emptienss", "emptines". The correct spelling is "emptiness".
What is the origin of the word "emptiness"?
Inherited from Middle English emptynesse, from Old English ǣmtiġnes. By surface analysis, empty + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "emptiness", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

encompass#20,345firepower#20,356Dartmouth#20,329customize#20,327

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list