impoliteness

noun

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

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being impolite; incivility; rudeness.

Corpus desk

Index EN-impoliteness · impoliteness · English

impoliteness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for impoliteness
PropertyValue
Headwordimpoliteness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “impoliteness” in English

impolitenesssits 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

impoliteness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being impolite; incivility; rudeness.".

Zero misspellings are on record for impoliteness in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From impolite + -ness. The correct English form is impoliteness, spelled I-M-P-O-L-I-T-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being impolite; incivility; rudeness.

Etymology

From impolite + -ness.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "impoliteness"?
"impoliteness" is spelled I-M-P-O-L-I-T-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "impoliteness" mean?
As a noun, "impoliteness" means: The state of being impolite; incivility; rudeness.
What is the origin of the word "impoliteness"?
From impolite + -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