uneasiness
/ʌnˈiːzinəs/
"uneasiness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uneasiness” is uncommon English (frequency #52,695 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,695
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uneasiness · uneasiness · English
uneasiness · rank #52,695 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,695
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unfailing
Nearest frequency peer: unfailing (+1 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 “uneasiness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- uke
uke
47,310 corpus weight
- unbuttoned
unbuttoned
47,309 corpus weight
- uneasiness
uneasiness
47,306 corpus weight
- unfailing
unfailing
47,305 corpus weight
- unfavorably
unfavorably
47,304 corpus weight
- unknowing
unknowing
47,302 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “uneasiness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “uneasiness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uneasiness is uncommon English at frequency #52,695 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ʌnˈiːzinəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uneasiness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
Finding that the afternoon coach was gone, and finding that his uneasiness grew into positive alarm, as obstacles came in his way, he resolved to follow in a post-chaise.
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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