sprightliness
"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
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sprightliness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sprightliness” in English
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
- 1The property of being sprightly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sprightliness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
‘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.