unattentiveness

noun

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"unattentiveness" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“unattentiveness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality or state of not being attentive.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unattentiveness · unattentiveness · English

unattentiveness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for unattentiveness
PropertyValue
Headwordunattentiveness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “unattentiveness” sits in English frequency

unattentiveness falls 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

unattentiveness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The quality or state of not being attentive.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for unattentiveness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. 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 unattentive + -ness. The correct English form is unattentiveness, spelled U-N-A-T-T-E-N-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The quality or state of not being attentive.

Etymology

From unattentive + -ness.

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "unattentiveness"?
"unattentiveness" is spelled U-N-A-T-T-E-N-T-I-V-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "unattentiveness" mean?
As a noun, "unattentiveness" means: The quality or state of not being attentive.
What is the origin of the word "unattentiveness"?
From unattentive + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list