quick-wittedness
"quick-wittedness" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“quick-wittedness” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being quick-witted
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quick-wittedness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “quick-wittedness” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for quick-wittedness is 16 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The state of being quick-witted".
No generated misspelling entries exist for quick-wittedness in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From quick-witted + -ness. The correct English form is quick-wittedness, spelled Q-U-I-C-K---W-I-T-T-E-D-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being quick-witted
Etymology
From quick-witted + -ness.
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.
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Using “quick-wittedness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is Q-U-I-C-K---W-I-T-T-E-D-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.