likeliness
"likeliness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“likeliness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.
Corpus desk
Index EN-likeliness · likeliness · English
likeliness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | likeliness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “likeliness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
likeliness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
likeliness doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English liklinesse, lyklinesse; equivalent to likely + -ness. The correct English form is likeliness, spelled L-I-K-E-L-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.
- 2Likelihood, probability or chance of occurrence; plausibility or believability.
- 3Suitability; agreeableness.
- 4Likeness; similarity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how likeliness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The proposed HEA is based on the assumption that each specific error has a certain impact on a system/aircraft state whilst the crew's likeliness to commit this error is decreasing with an increasing number of safeguards against it.
To determine the likeliness of an individual in a concept, a membership function is required.
Etymology
From Middle English liklinesse, lyklinesse; equivalent to likely + -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.