strictness
"strictness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“strictness” is an uncommon English word, ranked #75,453 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,453
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state or quality of being strict.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | strictness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,453 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “strictness” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for strictness is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #75,453 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
strictness has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From strict + -ness. The correct English form is strictness, spelled S-T-R-I-C-T-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being strict.
- 2The result or product of being strict.
Etymology
From strict + -ness.
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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Using “strictness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-R-I-C-T-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.