singleness

noun

"singleness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“singleness” is an uncommon English word, ranked #74,510 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#74,510
frequency rank, English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The property of being single.

Key facts for singleness
PropertyValue
Headwordsingleness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#74,510
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “singleness” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). singleness lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for singleness is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #74,510 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for singleness in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From single + -ness. The correct English form is singleness, spelled S-I-N-G-L-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The property of being single.
  2. 2
    The result or product of being single.

Etymology

From single + -ness.

Antonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "singleness"?
"singleness" is spelled S-I-N-G-L-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "singleness" mean?
As a noun, "singleness" means: The property of being single.
What is the origin of the word "singleness"?
From single + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “singleness”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-I-N-G-L-E-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list