expensiveness
/ɛkˈspɛnsɪvnəs/
"expensiveness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“expensiveness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being expensive; the entailing of great expense.
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Index EN-expensiveness · expensiveness · English
expensiveness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expensiveness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛkˈspɛnsɪvnəs/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “expensiveness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
expensiveness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛkˈspɛnsɪvnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being expensive; the entailing of great expense.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for expensiveness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From expensive + -ness. The correct English form is expensiveness, spelled E-X-P-E-N-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being expensive; the entailing of great expense.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how expensiveness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1743, John Wesley, An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, London: G. Whitfield, 1796, A Farther Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, Part II, III.1, p. 212, https://books.google.ca/books?id=A6FgAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Surely you cannot be ignorant, that the sinfulness of fine apparel lies chiefly in the expensiveness. I…
1922, Emily Post, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, Chapter 14: Formal Dinners, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14314/14314-h/14314-h.htm Enchanting dining-rooms and tables have been achieved with an outlay amounting to comparatively nothing. ¶ There is a dining-room in a certain small New York house that is quite as inviting as…
Etymology
From expensive + -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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.