meticulousness

noun

"meticulousness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“meticulousness” 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 state or characteristic of being meticulous.

Corpus desk

Index EN-meticulousness · meticulousness · English

meticulousness · 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 "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for meticulousness
PropertyValue
Headwordmeticulousness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “meticulousness” in English

meticulousnessfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

meticulousness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or characteristic of being meticulous.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for meticulousness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: From meticulous + -ness. The correct English form is meticulousness, spelled M-E-T-I-C-U-L-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or characteristic of being meticulous.

Etymology

From meticulous + -ness.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meticulousness"?
"meticulousness" is spelled M-E-T-I-C-U-L-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
What does "meticulousness" mean?
As a noun, "meticulousness" means: The state or characteristic of being meticulous.
What is the origin of the word "meticulousness"?
From meticulous + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list