readiness
/ˈɹɛdinəs/
"readiness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“readiness” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,223
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or degree of being ready; preparedness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-readiness · readiness · English
readiness · rank #13,223 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #13,223
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Raleigh
Nearest frequency peer: Raleigh (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “readiness”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- protested
protested
86,781 corpus weight
- raced
raced
86,780 corpus weight
- Raleigh
Raleigh
86,779 corpus weight
- readiness
readiness
86,778 corpus weight
- redundant
redundant
86,777 corpus weight
- remarked
remarked
86,774 corpus weight
What this shows “readiness” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | readiness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɛdinəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,223 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “readiness”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around readiness (IPA /ˈɹɛdinəs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,223 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for readiness, with forms such as "eradiness", "raediness", and "readdiness". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "redness", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ready + -ness. The correct English form is readiness, spelled R-E-A-D-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or degree of being ready; preparedness.
- 2Willingness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how readiness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
readiness for civil emergencies
We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.
Etymology
From ready + -ness.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eradiness
- raediness
- readdiness
- readienss
- readines
- readinness
- readinses
- readniess
- reaidness
- redainess
- rreadiness
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of readiness - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "readiness", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).