unevenness
"unevenness" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unevenness” is uncommon English (frequency #87,942 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,942
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unevenness · unevenness · English
unevenness · rank #87,942 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,942
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unflappable
Nearest frequency peer: unflappable (+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 “unevenness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unbidden
unbidden
12,063 corpus weight
- UNCLOS
UNCLOS
12,061 corpus weight
- unevenness
unevenness
12,059 corpus weight
- unflappable
unflappable
12,058 corpus weight
- unflinching…
unflinchingly
12,057 corpus weight
- unordered
unordered
12,055 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “unevenness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unevenness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,942 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unevenness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unevenness is uncommon English at frequency #87,942 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for unevenness, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English unevennesse, equivalent to uneven + -ness. The correct English form is unevenness, spelled U-N-E-V-E-N-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality or characteristic of being uneven; irregularity; inconsistency; the lack of smoothness or continuity.
- 2The result or product of being uneven.
- 3A rough or uneven thing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unevenness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The unevenness of his voice betrayed his nervousness.
His chinne, a thorny hairy unevennesse, / Doth threaten, and some daily change possesse.
Etymology
From Middle English unevennesse, equivalent to uneven + -ness.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).