relentlessness
/ɹɪˈlɛntləsnəs/
"relentlessness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“relentlessness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being relentless.
Corpus desk
Index EN-relentlessness · relentlessness · English
relentlessness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | relentlessness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈlɛntləsnəs/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “relentlessness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
relentlessness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɹɪˈlɛntləsnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition of being relentless.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for relentlessness, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From relentless + -ness. The correct English form is relentlessness, spelled R-E-L-E-N-T-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The condition of being relentless.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how relentlessness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The more I learned about transkids, the more I grilled you, every day. I'm ashamed of my relentlessness, but I had to know. “Why do you want to be a boy?” “I don't know.”
Etymology
From relentless + -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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.