near-sightedness
"near-sightedness" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“near-sightedness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of nearsightedness.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | near-sightedness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “near-sightedness” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
near-sightedness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of nearsightedness.".
near-sightedness doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From near-sighted + -ness. The correct English form is near-sightedness, spelled N-E-A-R---S-I-G-H-T-E-D-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of nearsightedness.
Etymology
From near-sighted + -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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Using “near-sightedness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-E-A-R---S-I-G-H-T-E-D-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.