long-windedness
"long-windedness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“long-windedness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-long-windedness · long-windedness · English
long-windedness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | long-windedness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “long-windedness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
long-windedness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity.".
No misspelling variants are generated for long-windedness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From long-winded + -ness. The correct English form is long-windedness, spelled L-O-N-G---W-I-N-D-E-D-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The use of more words than are necessary for clarity or precision; verbosity, prolixity.
Etymology
From long-winded + -ness.
Synonyms
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.