narrowness
"narrowness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“narrowness” is uncommon English (frequency #76,148 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,148
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being narrow.
Corpus desk
Index EN-narrowness · narrowness · English
narrowness · rank #76,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,148
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Nampa
Nearest frequency peer: Nampa (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “narrowness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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Mullingar
23,861 corpus weight
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myopathy
23,856 corpus weight
- Nampa
Nampa
23,854 corpus weight
- narrowness
narrowness
23,853 corpus weight
- Nascimento
Nascimento
23,852 corpus weight
- neatness
neatness
23,847 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “narrowness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | narrowness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “narrowness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
narrowness is uncommon English at frequency #76,148 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
narrowness doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 Middle English narwenesse; equivalent to narrow + -ness. The correct English form is narrowness, spelled N-A-R-R-O-W-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being narrow.
- 2A constriction; a narrow passage or place; an instance or aspect of being narrow, or having a limited scope or extent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how narrowness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
presently, then, I felt the stiff insertion between the yielding, divided lips of the wound, now open for life; where the narrowness no longer put me to intolerable pain, and afforded my lover no more difficulty than what heighten'd his pleasure, in the strict embrace of that tender, warm sheath, round the instrument it was so delicately adjusted to
“You will understand me when I say that it was a deadly life for a girl brought up as I had been. The narrowness, the deadly monotony of it, almost drove me mad.”
Etymology
From Middle English narwenesse; equivalent to narrow + -ness.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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