lawfulness
"lawfulness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lawfulness” is uncommon English (frequency #77,854 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,854
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lawfulness · lawfulness · English
lawfulness · rank #77,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,854
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Lawndale
Nearest frequency peer: Lawndale (+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 “lawfulness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Larnaca
Larnaca
22,150 corpus weight
- lates
lates
22,149 corpus weight
- lawfulness
lawfulness
22,147 corpus weight
- Lawndale
Lawndale
22,146 corpus weight
- lazing
lazing
22,145 corpus weight
- leached
leached
22,143 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “lawfulness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lawfulness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lawfulness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lawfulness is uncommon English at frequency #77,854 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
lawfulness doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English laufulnes, lahfulnesse, equivalent to lawful + -ness. The correct English form is lawfulness, spelled L-A-W-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
- 2Property of operating in a manner organized by certain laws, such as laws of nature.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lawfulness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His extreme lawfulness made him righteous, but did it make him merciful?
The process of psychotherapy […] is a unique and dynamic experience, different for each individual, yet exhibiting a lawfulness and order which is astonishing in its generality.
Etymology
From Middle English laufulnes, lahfulnesse, equivalent to lawful + -ness.
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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