incompleteness
"incompleteness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incompleteness” is uncommon English (frequency #65,206 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,206
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or condition of being not complete.
Corpus desk
Index EN-incompleteness · incompleteness · English
incompleteness · rank #65,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,206
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH incoherence
Nearest frequency peer: incoherence (-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 “incompleteness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- impassive
impassive
34,800 corpus weight
- impermanence
impermanence
34,799 corpus weight
- impudence
impudence
34,797 corpus weight
- incoherence
incoherence
34,796 corpus weight
- incompleten…
incompleteness
34,795 corpus weight
- infirmity
infirmity
34,793 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “incompleteness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incompleteness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #65,206 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “incompleteness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
incompleteness is uncommon English at frequency #65,206 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or condition of being not complete.".
incompleteness doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From incomplete + -ness. The correct English form is incompleteness, spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-L-E-T-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or condition of being not complete.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incompleteness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Its incompleteness in this respect makes the timetable of less value than some of its Continental counterparts, such as the French Horaires Mayeux; nevertheless, it is fair value at 5s.
This low number points to the incompleteness and, with respect, haphazardness of the two selections.
Etymology
From incomplete + -ness.
Synonyms
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); 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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