fatness
/ˈfætnəs/
"fatness" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fatness” is uncommon English (frequency #65,878 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,878
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state, quality, or condition of being fat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fatness · fatness · English
fatness · rank #65,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,878
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH farrier
Nearest frequency peer: farrier (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “fatness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- expeditious
expeditious
34,128 corpus weight
- expressiven…
expressiveness
34,127 corpus weight
- Fareed
Fareed
34,126 corpus weight
- farrier
farrier
34,124 corpus weight
- fatness
fatness
34,123 corpus weight
- fayre
fayre
34,121 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fatness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “fatness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fatness is uncommon English at frequency #65,878 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈfætnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fatness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bread made of Pannick nouriſheth little, and is cold and dry, verie brittle, hauing in it neither clammineſſe, nor fatneſſe; and therefore it drieth a moiſt belly.
As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […]
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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