singleness

noun

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

The verdict

“singleness” is uncommon English (frequency #74,510 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,510
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being single.

Corpus desk

Index EN-singleness · singleness · English

singleness · rank #74,510 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,510
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH simples

Nearest frequency peer: simples (-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 “singleness”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “singleness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for singleness
PropertyValue
Headwordsingleness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#74,510
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “singleness” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).singlenessfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “simples” (#74,509), “skol” (#74,514), “sidereal” (#74,505). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “singleness” is #74,510. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

singleness is uncommon English at frequency #74,510 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

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

manynessmultiplicitymanyness

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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "singleness", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

staycation#74,536Stonehouse#74,539tachometer#74,557telomerase#74,568

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list