sheerness
"sheerness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sheerness” is uncommon English (frequency #88,844 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,844
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being sheer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sheerness · sheerness · English
sheerness · rank #88,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,844
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sharer
Nearest frequency peer: sharer (-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 “sheerness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- severest
severest
11,162 corpus weight
- shapewear
shapewear
11,160 corpus weight
- sharer
sharer
11,158 corpus weight
- sheerness
sheerness
11,157 corpus weight
- Sherburne
Sherburne
11,156 corpus weight
- Sherrington
Sherrington
11,155 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sheerness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sheerness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sheerness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sheerness is uncommon English at frequency #88,844 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sheerness has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sheer + -ness. The correct English form is sheerness, spelled S-H-E-E-R-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The property of being sheer.
- 2The result or product of being sheer.
Etymology
From sheer + -ness.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).