responsiveness
/ɹɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs/
"responsiveness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“responsiveness” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,622
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality or state of being responsive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-responsiveness · responsiveness · English
responsiveness · rank #27,622 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,622
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rheumatoid
Nearest frequency peer: rheumatoid (+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 “responsiveness”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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replenish
72,382 corpus weight
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reproducing
72,381 corpus weight
- responsiven…
responsiveness
72,379 corpus weight
- rheumatoid
rheumatoid
72,378 corpus weight
- roscoe
roscoe
72,377 corpus weight
- rosetta
rosetta
72,376 corpus weight
What this shows “responsiveness” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | responsiveness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs/ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #27,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “responsiveness”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around responsiveness (IPA /ɹɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,622 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for responsiveness, with forms such as "ersponsiveness", "repsonsiveness", and "resopnsiveness". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From responsive + -ness. The correct English form is responsiveness, spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality or state of being responsive.
- 2The ability of a machine to adjust to external influences.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how responsiveness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cell-mediated immunity is impaired after burn injury, including documented delays in allograft rejection, impairment in mitogenic and anogenic responsiveness of lymphocytes, burn-size-related suppression of graftversus-host activity, suppression of delayed cutaneous sensitivity tests, and diminution of peripheral lymphocytes and thoracic duct lymphocyte c…
Altogether, the present data show that the Toxoplasma-induced hypermigratory phenotype in a 3D matrix is consistent with integrin-independent amoeboid DC migration with maintained responsiveness to chemotactic and chemokinetic cues.
Etymology
From responsive + -ness.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ersponsiveness
- repsonsiveness
- resopnsiveness
- respnosiveness
- responisveness
- responnsiveness
- responsievness
- responsiveenss
- responsivenes
- responsivenness
- responsivenses
- responsivneess
- responsivveness
- responssiveness
- responsvieness
- resposniveness
- respponsiveness
- ressponsiveness
- rresponsiveness
- rseponsiveness
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of responsiveness - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).