interestedness

noun

"interestedness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being interested, or having an interest; interest

Corpus desk

Index EN-interestedness · interestedness · English

interestedness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 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 interestedness
PropertyValue
Headwordinterestedness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “interestedness” in English

interestednesssits 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

interestedness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for interestedness in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or quality of being interested, or having an interest; interest
  2. 2
    selfishness.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how interestedness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I might give them what degree of credit I pleaſed ; and take them with abatement for Mr. Solmes's intereſtedneſs, if I thought fit

Etymology

From interested + -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 "interestedness"?
"interestedness" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-E-S-T-E-D-N-E-S-S.
What does "interestedness" mean?
As a noun, "interestedness" means: The state or quality of being interested, or having an interest; interest
What is the origin of the word "interestedness"?
From interested + -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