quirkiness

noun

"quirkiness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“quirkiness” is uncommon English (frequency #78,976 among 288 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,976
frequency rank, English
288
“Q” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-quirkiness · quirkiness · English

quirkiness · rank #78,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,976
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 288
  • PHOTO-FINISH R0

Nearest frequency peer: R0 (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “quirkiness”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “quirkiness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quirkiness
PropertyValue
Headwordquirkiness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,976
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “quirkiness” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).quirkinessfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “R0” (#78,978), “qualia” (#78,972), “Raimondo” (#78,981). Among 288 “Q” headwords, “quirkiness” is #78,976. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quirkiness is uncommon English at frequency #78,976 among 288 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

quirkiness has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From quirky + -ness. The correct English form is quirkiness, spelled Q-U-I-R-K-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being quirky.
  2. 2
    A specific quirky aspect of a person or thing.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Your quirkiness is so endearing.
  2. Chacombe: The one-bedroomed holiday home built into the mouth of the Great Central Railway tunnel, on the former Banbury-Northampton route, has won a number of awards for its quirkiness.

Etymology

From quirky + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "quirkiness"?
"quirkiness" is spelled Q-U-I-R-K-I-N-E-S-S.
What does "quirkiness" mean?
As a noun, "quirkiness" means: The state of being quirky.
What is the origin of the word "quirkiness"?
From quirky + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "quirkiness", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list