helpfulness
/ˈhɛlp.fʊl.nəs/
"helpfulness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“helpfulness” is uncommon English (frequency #74,164 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,164
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being helpful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-helpfulness · helpfulness · English
helpfulness · rank #74,164 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,164
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH heliport
Nearest frequency peer: heliport (-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 “helpfulness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hedonic
hedonic
25,841 corpus weight
- Heenan
Heenan
25,840 corpus weight
- heliport
heliport
25,838 corpus weight
- helpfulness
helpfulness
25,837 corpus weight
- Hephaestus
Hephaestus
25,836 corpus weight
- Hesketh
Hesketh
25,835 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “helpfulness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | helpfulness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈhɛlp.fʊl.nəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “helpfulness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
helpfulness is uncommon English at frequency #74,164 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈhɛlp.fʊl.nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being helpful.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for helpfulness, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From helpful + -ness. The correct English form is helpfulness, spelled H-E-L-P-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality of being helpful.
Etymology
From helpful + -ness.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).