friendliness

/ˈfɹɛndlinəs/

//ˈfɹɛndlinəs// noun

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"friendliness" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“friendliness” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,567. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,567
frequency rank, English
2,507
“F” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-friendliness · friendliness · English

friendliness · rank #31,567 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,567
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,507
  • PHOTO-FINISH Franciscan

Nearest frequency peer: Franciscan (-1 rank slots)

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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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “friendliness”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “friendliness” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for friendliness
PropertyValue
Headwordfriendliness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈfɹɛndlinəs/
Letters12
Frequency rank#31,567
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “friendliness”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).friendlinesslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Franciscan” (#31,566), “Gael” (#31,568), “gagging” (#31,569). Among 2,507 “F” headwords, “friendliness” is #31,567. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around friendliness (IPA /ˈfɹɛndlinəs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,567 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The quality of being friendly.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for friendliness, with forms such as "ffriendliness", "firendliness", and "freindliness". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English freendlynesse, frendlynes, equivalent to friendly + -ness. The correct English form is friendliness, spelled F-R-I-E-N-D-L-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being friendly.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Finding us easy in our ways, he […] told me a cock-and-bull story with the moral of another five francs for the narrator. The thing was palpably absurd; but I paid up, and at once dropped all friendliness of manner, and kept him in his place as an inferior with freezing British dignity. He saw in a moment that he had gone too far, and killed a willing hor…
  2. To foreigners we often seem guileless and overchatty, an impression which is dispersed when they find that much of our friendliness is just the ebullition of the moment and does not carry with it any permanence of devotion.

Etymology

From Middle English freendlynesse, frendlynes, equivalent to friendly + -ness.

Synonyms

affabilityamiabilityamicabilityapproachabilitybonhomiecordialityfriendlinessgenialitypleasantness

Antonyms

hostilityunfriendliness

This word in other languages

amigabilidad(Español)gentillesse(Français)Freundlichkeit(Deutsch)cordialidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ffriendliness
  • firendliness
  • freindliness
  • friednliness
  • frienddliness
  • friendilness
  • friendlienss
  • friendlines
  • friendlinness
  • friendlinses
  • friendlliness
  • friendlniess
  • frienldiness
  • frienndliness
  • frinedliness
  • frriendliness
  • rfiendliness

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of friendliness - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ffriendliness1firendliness2freindliness2friednliness2frienddliness1friendilness2friendlienss2friendlines1
Edit distance from "friendliness"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "friendliness"?
"friendliness" is spelled F-R-I-E-N-D-L-I-N-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈfɹɛndlinəs/.
What does "friendliness" mean?
As a noun, "friendliness" means: The quality of being friendly.
What are common misspellings of "friendliness"?
Common misspellings include "ffriendliness", "firendliness", "freindliness", "friednliness", "frienddliness". The correct spelling is "friendliness".
How do you pronounce "friendliness"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "friendliness" is /ˈfɹɛndlinəs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "friendliness"?
From Middle English freendlynesse, frendlynes, equivalent to friendly + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "friendliness", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list