steepness
"steepness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“steepness” is uncommon English (frequency #85,813 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,813
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being steep.
Corpus desk
Index EN-steepness · steepness · English
steepness · rank #85,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,813
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH statutorily
Nearest frequency peer: statutorily (-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 “steepness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- squiggle
squiggle
14,195 corpus weight
- standoffish
standoffish
14,192 corpus weight
- statutorily
statutorily
14,190 corpus weight
- steepness
steepness
14,188 corpus weight
- stomachache
stomachache
14,184 corpus weight
- stratagems
stratagems
14,183 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “steepness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | steepness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “steepness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
steepness is uncommon English at frequency #85,813 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for steepness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From steep + -ness. The correct English form is steepness, spelled S-T-E-E-P-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being steep.
- 2The result or product of being steep.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how steepness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The steepness of the hill caused the accident.
Etymology
From steep + -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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