talkativeness

noun

"talkativeness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“talkativeness” 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 state of being talkative.

Corpus desk

Index EN-talkativeness · talkativeness · English

talkativeness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for talkativeness
PropertyValue
Headwordtalkativeness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “talkativeness” in English

talkativenessfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

talkativeness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being talkative.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for talkativeness, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From talkative + -ness. The correct English form is talkativeness, spelled T-A-L-K-A-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being talkative.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how talkativeness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Near-synonyms: chattiness; see also Thesaurus:talkativeness

Etymology

From talkative + -ness.

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "talkativeness"?
"talkativeness" is spelled T-A-L-K-A-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "talkativeness" mean?
As a noun, "talkativeness" means: The state of being talkative.
What is the origin of the word "talkativeness"?
From talkative + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list