sanctimoniousness
"sanctimoniousness" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sanctimoniousness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being sanctimonious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sanctimoniousness · sanctimoniousness · English
sanctimoniousness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sanctimoniousness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sanctimoniousness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sanctimoniousness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being sanctimonious.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sanctimoniousness, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sanctimonious + -ness. The correct English form is sanctimoniousness, spelled S-A-N-C-T-I-M-O-N-I-O-U-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The property of being sanctimonious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sanctimoniousness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This kind of smiling, bossy sanctimoniousness was a little too pervasive for Toby, especially among the female members of the sect.
Etymology
From sanctimonious + -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.