seldomness
"seldomness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seldomness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rareness; infrequency; uncommonness.
Corpus desk
Index EN-seldomness · seldomness · English
seldomness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | seldomness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “seldomness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
seldomness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rareness; infrequency; uncommonness.".
Zero misspellings are on record for seldomness in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From seldom + -ness. The correct English form is seldomness, spelled S-E-L-D-O-M-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Rareness; infrequency; uncommonness.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how seldomness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the seldomness and oftenness of doing well
Etymology
From seldom + -ness.
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.