senselessness

noun

"senselessness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“senselessness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being senseless; unsense.

Corpus desk

Index EN-senselessness · senselessness · English

senselessness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for senselessness
PropertyValue
Headwordsenselessness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “senselessness” in English

senselessnesssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

senselessness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being senseless; unsense.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for senselessness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From senseless + -ness. The correct English form is senselessness, spelled S-E-N-S-E-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being senseless; unsense.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how senselessness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk They had contributed heavily to their own downfall, most glaringly with the senselessness of Chris Smalling’s red card, and they should know by now that Manuel Pellegrini’s team are not the kind of opponents to pass up these kind of…

Etymology

From senseless + -ness.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "senselessness"?
"senselessness" is spelled S-E-N-S-E-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.
What does "senselessness" mean?
As a noun, "senselessness" means: The state of being senseless; unsense.
What is the origin of the word "senselessness"?
From senseless + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list