smallness
"smallness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“smallness” is uncommon English (frequency #77,210 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,210
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being small.
Corpus desk
Index EN-smallness · smallness · English
smallness · rank #77,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,210
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slobbering
Nearest frequency peer: slobbering (-2 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 “smallness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- SLD
SLD
22,796 corpus weight
- sleepwalker
sleepwalker
22,795 corpus weight
- sleuths
sleuths
22,794 corpus weight
- slobbering
slobbering
22,793 corpus weight
- smallness
smallness
22,791 corpus weight
- soaker
soaker
22,787 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “smallness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | smallness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “smallness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
smallness is uncommon English at frequency #77,210 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for smallness in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English smalnesse; equivalent to small + -ness. The correct English form is smallness, spelled S-M-A-L-L-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being small.
- 2The result or product of being small.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how smallness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His smallness didn't bother him, except when he needed something off the top shelf.
The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.
Etymology
From Middle English smalnesse; equivalent to small + -ness.
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); 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).