resourcefulness
"resourcefulness" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“resourcefulness” is uncommon English (frequency #50,194 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,194
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems.
Corpus desk
Index EN-resourcefulness · resourcefulness · English
resourcefulness · rank #50,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,194
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH resto
Nearest frequency peer: resto (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “resourcefulness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- regrouped
regrouped
49,813 corpus weight
- reminiscence
reminiscence
49,812 corpus weight
- repulse
repulse
49,809 corpus weight
- resourceful…
resourcefulness
49,807 corpus weight
- resto
resto
49,806 corpus weight
- rie
rie
49,803 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “resourcefulness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | resourcefulness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #50,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “resourcefulness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
resourcefulness is uncommon English at frequency #50,194 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for resourcefulness, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From resourceful + -ness. The correct English form is resourcefulness, spelled R-E-S-O-U-R-C-E-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The ability to cope with difficult situations, or unusual problems.
Etymology
From resourceful + -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.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).