oafishness

noun

"oafishness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“oafishness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly.

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Index EN-oafishness · oafishness · English

oafishness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "O" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for oafishness
PropertyValue
Headwordoafishness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “oafishness” in English

oafishnesssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

oafishness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for oafishness in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From oafish + -ness. The correct English form is oafishness, spelled O-A-F-I-S-H-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly.

Etymology

From oafish + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "oafishness"?
"oafishness" is spelled O-A-F-I-S-H-N-E-S-S.
What does "oafishness" mean?
As a noun, "oafishness" means: The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly.
What is the origin of the word "oafishness"?
From oafish + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list