pettiness
"pettiness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pettiness” is uncommon English (frequency #50,148 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,148
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality of being petty.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pettiness · pettiness · English
pettiness · rank #50,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,148
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pertussis
Nearest frequency peer: pertussis (-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 “pettiness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Pecos
Pecos
49,856 corpus weight
- peds
peds
49,855 corpus weight
- pertussis
pertussis
49,854 corpus weight
- pettiness
pettiness
49,853 corpus weight
- peyote
peyote
49,852 corpus weight
- pff
pff
49,851 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pettiness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pettiness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pettiness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pettiness is uncommon English at frequency #50,148 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pettiness in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From petty + -ness. The correct English form is pettiness, spelled P-E-T-T-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality of being petty.
- 2A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pettiness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd.
Etymology
From petty + -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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