enoughness
"enoughness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“enoughness” 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 or condition of being enough; sufficiency; adequacy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-enoughness · enoughness · English
enoughness · 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 "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enoughness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “enoughness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
enoughness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or condition of being enough; sufficiency; adequacy.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for enoughness, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From enough + -ness. The correct English form is enoughness, spelled E-N-O-U-G-H-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or condition of being enough; sufficiency; adequacy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enoughness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Secretary of State Dulles pointed out that the report's aim was not "scaring our people but giving them a realistic picture of the dilemma in which they would find themselves" when the Soviet Union as well as the United States had attained "enoughness."
But all of us have deep beliefs about our own enoughness, often stemming from childhood...
Etymology
From enough + -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.