fierceness
"fierceness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fierceness” is uncommon English (frequency #73,180 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,180
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being fierce.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fierceness · fierceness · English
fierceness · rank #73,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,180
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH ferryman
Nearest frequency peer: ferryman (-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 “fierceness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- feist
feist
26,825 corpus weight
- ferruginous
ferruginous
26,823 corpus weight
- ferryman
ferryman
26,822 corpus weight
- fierceness
fierceness
26,821 corpus weight
- fishtail
fishtail
26,818 corpus weight
- flagstone
flagstone
26,816 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “fierceness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fierceness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #73,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “fierceness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
fierceness is uncommon English at frequency #73,180 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being fierce.".
fierceness doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English fersnesse; equivalent to fierce + -ness. The correct English form is fierceness, spelled F-I-E-R-C-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being fierce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fierceness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I stroked it gently, on which the mutinous rogue seemed to swell, and gather a new degree of fierceness and insolence; so that finding it grew not to be trifled with any longer, I prepar'd for rubbers in good earnest.
Travellers over the London & North Western main line in bygone days will need no reminder of the pattering of cinders on the carriage roofs, the fountains of sparks from the chimneys at night and the distance from which the exhaust of approaching locomotives could be heard, due to the fierceness of their blast in such conditions.
Etymology
From Middle English fersnesse; equivalent to fierce + -ness.
Synonyms
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); 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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