industriousness

noun

"industriousness" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-industriousness · industriousness · English

industriousness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for industriousness
PropertyValue
Headwordindustriousness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “industriousness” in English

industriousnesssits 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

industriousness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being industrious.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for industriousness in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From industrious + -ness. The correct English form is industriousness, spelled I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality of being industrious.

Etymology

From industrious + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "industriousness"?
"industriousness" is spelled I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
What does "industriousness" mean?
As a noun, "industriousness" means: The quality of being industrious.
What is the origin of the word "industriousness"?
From industrious + -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