# emptiness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #20,344

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

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

## Common misspellings (12)
`emmptiness`, `empitness`, `empptiness`, `emptienss`, `emptines`, `emptinness`, `emptinses`, `emptniess`, `empttiness`, `emtpiness`, `epmtiness`, `meptiness`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/emptiness