pretentiousness
"pretentiousness" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pretentiousness” is uncommon English (frequency #96,376 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,376
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being pretentious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pretentiousness · pretentiousness · English
pretentiousness · rank #96,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,376
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH problemo
Nearest frequency peer: problemo (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pretentiousness”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Prasanna
Prasanna
3,628 corpus weight
- pretentious…
pretentiousness
3,625 corpus weight
- problemo
problemo
3,623 corpus weight
- progeria
progeria
3,621 corpus weight
- propagator
propagator
3,620 corpus weight
- propyl
propyl
3,619 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pretentiousness” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pretentiousness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #96,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pretentiousness” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
pretentiousness is uncommon English at frequency #96,376 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality of being pretentious.".
pretentiousness doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pretentious + -ness. The correct English form is pretentiousness, spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-T-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality of being pretentious.
Etymology
From pretentious + -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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.