fortuitousness

noun

"fortuitousness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“fortuitousness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being fortuitous.

Corpus desk

Index EN-fortuitousness · fortuitousness · English

fortuitousness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "F" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for fortuitousness
PropertyValue
Headwordfortuitousness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “fortuitousness” in English

fortuitousnesssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

fortuitousness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being fortuitous.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for fortuitousness, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From fortuitous + -ness. The correct English form is fortuitousness, spelled F-O-R-T-U-I-T-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being fortuitous.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how fortuitousness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It was a creation of artifice and mind. Such perfection of form, such hollowness that it certainly possessed, could not be the result of mere fortuitousness.

Etymology

From fortuitous + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "fortuitousness"?
"fortuitousness" is spelled F-O-R-T-U-I-T-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
What does "fortuitousness" mean?
As a noun, "fortuitousness" means: The quality of being fortuitous.
What is the origin of the word "fortuitousness"?
From fortuitous + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list