# slowness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #46,181

## Definitions
1. The quality or state of being slow.
2. A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.

## Etymology
From slow + -ness.

## Easily confused with
- **slowest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slowest-vs-slowness)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lsowness`, `sllowness`, `slonwess`, `slowenss`, `slownes`, `slownness`, `slownses`, `slowwness`, `slwoness`, `solwness`, `sslowness`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slowness