suddenness
"suddenness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“suddenness” is uncommon English (frequency #89,958 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,958
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being sudden.
Corpus desk
Index EN-suddenness · suddenness · English
suddenness · rank #89,958 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,958
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sucralose
Nearest frequency peer: sucralose (-1 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 “suddenness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sucralose
sucralose
10,044 corpus weight
- suddenness
suddenness
10,043 corpus weight
- Summerland
Summerland
10,042 corpus weight
- sunbed
sunbed
10,041 corpus weight
- sunland
sunland
10,040 corpus weight
- sunnies
sunnies
10,039 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “suddenness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | suddenness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “suddenness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
suddenness is uncommon English at frequency #89,958 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being sudden.".
suddenness has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sudden + -ness. The correct English form is suddenness, spelled S-U-D-D-E-N-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being sudden.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how suddenness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The suddenness with which the solemn quiet had been broken in upon, had chaced from his remembrance the horrid phantom;—it now recurred to it, with two-fold force, and a shudder crept all over him.
The suddenness of this shock must prove irresistable; the Count and those about him will be borne down; the rest will take to flight; the friends of Bernabò will rise and liberate his sons, while I seize one of the gates and secure a retreat […]
Etymology
From sudden + -ness.
Antonyms
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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