plumpness

/ˈplʌmpnəs/

//ˈplʌmpnəs// noun

"plumpness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality or state of being plump.

Corpus desk

Index EN-plumpness · plumpness · English

plumpness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for plumpness
PropertyValue
Headwordplumpness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈplʌmpnəs/
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “plumpness” in English

plumpnessranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

plumpness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈplʌmpnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality or state of being plump.".

No misspelling variants are generated for plumpness in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From plump + -ness. The correct English form is plumpness, spelled P-L-U-M-P-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality or state of being plump.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how plumpness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. From behind that structure came out an impression of pale plumpness in a frock-coat.
  2. For five minutes Pollyanna worked swiftly, deftly, combing a refractory curl into fluffiness, perking up a drooping ruffle at the neck, or shaking a pillow into plumpness so that the head might have a better pose. Meanwhile the sick woman, frowning prodigiously, and openly scoffing at the whole procedure, was, in spite of herself, beginning to tingle with…

Etymology

From plump + -ness.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "plumpness"?
"plumpness" is spelled P-L-U-M-P-N-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈplʌmpnəs/.
What does "plumpness" mean?
As a noun, "plumpness" means: The quality or state of being plump.
How do you pronounce "plumpness"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plumpness" is /ˈplʌmpnəs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "plumpness"?
From plump + -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