obviousness
/ˈɒ(b)viəsnɪs/
"obviousness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“obviousness” is uncommon English (frequency #86,583 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,583
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The characteristic of being obvious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-obviousness · obviousness · English
obviousness · rank #86,583 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,583
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH O'Flynn
Nearest frequency peer: O'Flynn (-2 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 “obviousness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- norther
norther
13,426 corpus weight
- O'Flynn
O'Flynn
13,420 corpus weight
- obviousness
obviousness
13,418 corpus weight
- ODP
ODP
13,415 corpus weight
- officious
officious
13,412 corpus weight
- oga
oga
13,411 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “obviousness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obviousness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɒ(b)viəsnɪs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #86,583 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “obviousness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
obviousness is uncommon English at frequency #86,583 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɒ(b)viəsnɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The characteristic of being obvious.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for obviousness, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From obvious + -ness. The correct English form is obviousness, spelled O-B-V-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The characteristic of being obvious.
Etymology
From obvious + -ness.
This word in other languages
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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