uneasiness
/ʌnˈiːzinəs/
"uneasiness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uneasiness” is an uncommon English word, ranked #52,695 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #52,695
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uneasiness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʌnˈiːzinəs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “uneasiness” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for uneasiness is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʌnˈiːzinəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #52,695 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for uneasiness, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From uneasy + -ness. The correct English form is uneasiness, spelled U-N-E-A-S-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
- 2An anxious state of mind; anxiety.
Etymology
From uneasy + -ness.
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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Using “uneasiness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-E-A-S-I-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ʌnˈiːzinəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.