nastiness

noun

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"nastiness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“nastiness” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,375. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,375
frequency rank, English
1,534
“N” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lack of cleanliness.

Corpus desk

Index EN-nastiness · nastiness · English

nastiness · rank #48,375 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,375
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH Nanda

Nearest frequency peer: Nanda (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “nastiness”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “nastiness” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nastiness
PropertyValue
Headwordnastiness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,375
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “nastiness”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).nastinesslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Nanda” (#48,374), “Nazarene” (#48,376), “naivety” (#48,372). Among 1,534 “N” headwords, “nastiness” is #48,375. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around nastiness, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,375 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for nastiness, with forms such as "anstiness", "nasitness", and "nasstiness". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From nasty + -ness. The correct English form is nastiness, spelled N-A-S-T-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lack of cleanliness.
  2. 2
    Dirt, filth.
  3. 3
    Indecency; corruption; unkindness, meanness, spite, harshness, cruelty.
  4. 4
    Unpleasantness, disagreeableness (to the senses).
  5. 5
    A nasty action, object, quality, etc. (all senses of nasty).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how nastiness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. They neither comb their Head, nor wash their Face, / But think their virtuous Nastiness a grace.
  2. Erasmus ascribes the frequent plagues in England to the nastiness and dirt and slovenly habits among the people. “The floors,” says he, “are commonly of clay, strewed with rushes, under which lies unmolested an ancient collection of beer, grease, fragments, bones, spittle, excrements of dogs and cats, and every thing that is nasty.”

Etymology

From nasty + -ness.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anstiness
  • nasitness
  • nasstiness
  • nastienss
  • nastines
  • nastinness
  • nastinses
  • nastniess
  • nasttiness
  • natsiness
  • nnastiness
  • nsatiness

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nastiness - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

anstiness2nasitness2nasstiness1nastienss2nastines1nastinness1nastinses2nastniess2
Edit distance from "nastiness"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nastiness"?
"nastiness" is spelled N-A-S-T-I-N-E-S-S.
What does "nastiness" mean?
As a noun, "nastiness" means: Lack of cleanliness.
What are common misspellings of "nastiness"?
Common misspellings include "anstiness", "nasitness", "nasstiness", "nastienss", "nastines". The correct spelling is "nastiness".
What is the origin of the word "nastiness"?
From nasty + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "nastiness", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list