# sweetness

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈswiːtnəs/ · frequency rank #15,525

## Definitions
1. The condition of being sweet (all senses).
2. A pleasant disposition; kindness.
3. The quality of giving pleasure to the mind or senses, pleasantness, agreeableness.
4. A term of address for one's sweetheart.

## Etymology
From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English swētnes (“sweetness”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōtinassī (“sweetness”), equivalent to sweet + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian swietens (“sweetness”), obsolete Dutch zoetenis (“sweetness”), Old High German swuoznessi, suoznessi (“sweetness”).

## Easily confused with
- **sweetest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweetest-vs-sweetness)

## Common misspellings (12)
`sewetness`, `ssweetness`, `sweentess`, `sweetenss`, `sweetnes`, `sweetnness`, `sweetnses`, `sweettness`, `sweteness`, `swetness`, `swweetness`, `wseetness`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sweetness