thankfulness

noun

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"thankfulness" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“thankfulness” is uncommon English (frequency #60,512 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,512
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being thankful.

Corpus desk

Index EN-thankfulness · thankfulness · English

thankfulness · rank #60,512 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,512
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH Teddington

Nearest frequency peer: Teddington (-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 “thankfulness”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “thankfulness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for thankfulness
PropertyValue
Headwordthankfulness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#60,512
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “thankfulness” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).thankfulnessfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Teddington” (#60,510), “thinness” (#60,514), “tala” (#60,507). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “thankfulness” is #60,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

thankfulness is uncommon English at frequency #60,512 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being thankful.".

Zero misspellings are on record for thankfulness in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From thankful + -ness. The correct English form is thankfulness, spelled T-H-A-N-K-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being thankful.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. All our Diſcontents about what we want, appeared to me, to ſpring from the want of Thankfulneſs for what we have.
  2. No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

Etymology

From thankful + -ness.

Synonyms

appreciationgratefulnessgratitude

This word in other languages

gratitud(Español)gratitude(Français)Dankbarkeit(Deutsch)gratidão(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "thankfulness"?
"thankfulness" is spelled T-H-A-N-K-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.
What does "thankfulness" mean?
As a noun, "thankfulness" means: The state of being thankful.
What is the origin of the word "thankfulness"?
From thankful + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "thankfulness", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Transnistria#60,520unobtainable#60,541rheumatology#60,422repossession#60,417

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list