joblessness
"joblessness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“joblessness” is uncommon English (frequency #74,214 among 4,872 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,214
- frequency rank, English
- 4,872
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being jobless or unemployed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-joblessness · joblessness · English
joblessness · rank #74,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,214
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,872
- PHOTO-FINISH jocular
Nearest frequency peer: jocular (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “joblessness”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ITP
ITP
25,796 corpus weight
- Jigglypuff
Jigglypuff
25,789 corpus weight
- joblessness
joblessness
25,787 corpus weight
- jocular
jocular
25,786 corpus weight
- julep
julep
25,782 corpus weight
- Jupp
Jupp
25,781 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “joblessness” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | joblessness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “joblessness” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
joblessness is uncommon English at frequency #74,214 among 4,872 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for joblessness in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From jobless + -ness. The correct English form is joblessness, spelled J-O-B-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being jobless or unemployed.
- 2The phenomenon or level of unemployment in an economy.
Etymology
From jobless + -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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "joblessness", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.