good-naturedness
"good-naturedness" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“good-naturedness” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being good-natured.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | good-naturedness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “good-naturedness” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for good-naturedness is 16 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The quality of being good-natured.".
good-naturedness has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From good-natured + -ness. The correct English form is good-naturedness, spelled G-O-O-D---N-A-T-U-R-E-D-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality of being good-natured.
Etymology
From good-natured + -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.
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Using “good-naturedness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O-O-D---N-A-T-U-R-E-D-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.