lukewarmness
/luːkˈwɔːmnəs/
"lukewarmness" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lukewarmness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lukewarmness · lukewarmness · English
lukewarmness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | lukewarmness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /luːkˈwɔːmnəs/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “lukewarmness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
lukewarmness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /luːkˈwɔːmnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.".
lukewarmness doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From lukewarm + -ness. The correct English form is lukewarmness, spelled L-U-K-E-W-A-R-M-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lukewarmness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1665, Robert Boyle, New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, Discourse II, in The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, London: A. Millar, 1744, Volume II, p. 246, And indeed, there is scarce any quality, for whose differences we have fewer distinct names, having scarce any for the many degrees of coldness, that may be conceived to be intermediate,…
Mr. Hale was disappointed in his pupil’s lukewarmness about Greek literature, which had but a short time ago so great an interest for him.
Etymology
From lukewarm + -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.