fatness
/ˈfætnəs/
"fatness" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fatness” is an uncommon English word, ranked #65,878 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #65,878
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state, quality, or condition of being fat.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fatness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfætnəs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “fatness” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for fatness is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈfætnəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #65,878 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The state, quality, or condition of being fat.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fatness, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fatnesse, fattenesse, from Old English fǣtnes (“fatness, the richest part of anything”), equivalent to fat + -ness. The correct English form is fatness, spelled F-A-T-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state, quality, or condition of being fat.
Etymology
From Middle English fatnesse, fattenesse, from Old English fǣtnes (“fatness, the richest part of anything”), equivalent to fat + -ness.
Antonyms
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 “fatness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is F-A-T-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈfætnəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.