# nothingness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #30,154

## Definitions
1. The state of nonexistence; the condition of being nothing.
2. A void; an emptiness.
3. The quality of inconsequentiality; the lack of significance.

## Etymology
From nothing + -ness.

## Common misspellings (16)
`nnothingness`, `nohtingness`, `nothhingness`, `nothignness`, `nothingenss`, `nothinggness`, `nothingnes`, `nothingnness`, `nothingnses`, `nothinngess`, `nothinngness`, `nothnigness`, `notihngness`, `notthingness`, `ntohingness`, `onthingness`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nothingness