perspicuousness
"perspicuousness" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“perspicuousness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or characteristic of being perspicuous; perspicuity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-perspicuousness · perspicuousness · English
perspicuousness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perspicuousness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “perspicuousness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
perspicuousness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or characteristic of being perspicuous; perspicuity.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for perspicuousness in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From perspicuous + -ness. The correct English form is perspicuousness, spelled P-E-R-S-P-I-C-U-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or characteristic of being perspicuous; perspicuity.
Etymology
From perspicuous + -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.