missingness
/ˈmɪs.ɪŋ.nəs/
"missingness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“missingness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Absence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-missingness · missingness · English
missingness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | missingness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪs.ɪŋ.nəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “missingness” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
missingness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɪs.ɪŋ.nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for missingness in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From missing + -ness. The correct English form is missingness, spelled M-I-S-S-I-N-G-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Absence.
- 2Missing data; omission.
- 3The manner in which data are missing from a sample of a population.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how missingness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So far, we assume that he took the rifle from the cabinet to throw blame by its missingness — I mean, its absence — on some one else.
However, in examining the influences on Merton, there is one major influence which is missing, and its 'missingness' is illustrated by one quotation in which Merton describes the relationship between […]
Etymology
From missing + -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.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.