niceness
/ˈnaɪsnɪs/
"niceness" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“niceness” is uncommon English (frequency #63,106 among 1,534 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,106
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Silliness; folly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-niceness · niceness · English
niceness · rank #63,106 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,106
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH newspaperman
Nearest frequency peer: newspaperman (-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 “niceness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- neuropsychi…
neuropsychiatric
36,899 corpus weight
- nevermore
nevermore
36,898 corpus weight
- newspaperman
newspaperman
36,896 corpus weight
- niceness
niceness
36,895 corpus weight
- nonwhite
nonwhite
36,892 corpus weight
- Norden
Norden
36,891 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “niceness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | niceness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnaɪsnɪs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “niceness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
niceness is uncommon English at frequency #63,106 among 1,534 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnaɪsnɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for niceness, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From nice + -ness. The correct English form is niceness, spelled N-I-C-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Silliness; folly.
- 2Effeminacy; indulgence in soft living or luxuriousness.
- 3Shyness; reserve.
- 4Fastidiousness; fine sensitivity.
- 5Pleasantness, especially of behaviour or personality; agreeableness.
- 6A value determining how much processor time to concede to a running process. (See also nice (verb), renice.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how niceness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was a good Citizen, of an honest-gentle nature, as are commonly fat and burly men; for so was he: But to speake truely of him, full of ambitious vanitie and remisse nicenesse [translating mollesse].
Methinks a young create of niceness should be less ready to write to one man, when she is designed to be another's.
Etymology
From nice + -ness.
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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