sprightliness

noun

"sprightliness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“sprightliness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-sprightliness · sprightliness · English

sprightliness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for sprightliness
PropertyValue
Headwordsprightliness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “sprightliness” in English

sprightlinessranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sprightliness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being sprightly.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sprightliness, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From sprightly + -ness. The correct English form is sprightliness, spelled S-P-R-I-G-H-T-L-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The property of being sprightly.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sprightliness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. ‘Nothing’s the matter, bless you, Master Davy dear!’ she answered, assuming an air of sprightliness.

Etymology

From sprightly + -ness.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sprightliness"?
"sprightliness" is spelled S-P-R-I-G-H-T-L-I-N-E-S-S.
What does "sprightliness" mean?
As a noun, "sprightliness" means: The property of being sprightly.
What is the origin of the word "sprightliness"?
From sprightly + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list