preciousness
"preciousness" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“preciousness” is uncommon English (frequency #98,591 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,591
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being precious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-preciousness · preciousness · English
preciousness · rank #98,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,591
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH procreative
Nearest frequency peer: procreative (+6 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 “preciousness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- preciousness
preciousness
1,410 corpus weight
- procreative
procreative
1,404 corpus weight
- prophetical…
prophetically
1,401 corpus weight
- proteinase
proteinase
1,400 corpus weight
- prowled
prowled
1,397 corpus weight
- Ptah
Ptah
1,394 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “preciousness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preciousness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #98,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “preciousness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
preciousness is uncommon English at frequency #98,591 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition of being precious.".
No misspelling variants are generated for preciousness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English preciousnesse; equivalent to precious + -ness. The correct English form is preciousness, spelled P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The condition of being precious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how preciousness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In a fascinating growth, when the preciousness of the new fades with no one noticing, the room had changed, evolving into something else.
Etymology
From Middle English preciousnesse; equivalent to precious + -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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