lasciviousness
/ləˈsɪvɪ.əsnəs/
"lasciviousness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lasciviousness” 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 characteristic or state of being lascivious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lasciviousness · lasciviousness · English
lasciviousness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lasciviousness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ləˈsɪvɪ.əsnəs/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lasciviousness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lasciviousness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ləˈsɪvɪ.əsnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The characteristic or state of being lascivious.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for lasciviousness, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lascivious + -ness. The correct English form is lasciviousness, spelled L-A-S-C-I-V-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The characteristic or state of being lascivious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lasciviousness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed euill thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, / Thefts, couetouſneſſe, wickedneſſe, deceit, laſciuiouſneſſe, an euill eye, blaſphemie, pride, fooliſhneſſe: / All theſe euill things come from within, and defile the man.
Diodorus Siculus bears out this, and states that the goat was made a god on account of its genital member and lasciviousness.
Etymology
From lascivious + -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.