plumpness
/ˈplʌmpnəs/
"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
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 | plumpness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈplʌmpnəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “plumpness” in English
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
- 1The quality or state of being plump.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how plumpness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From behind that structure came out an impression of pale plumpness in a frock-coat.
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.