untruthfulness

noun

"untruthfulness" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-untruthfulness · untruthfulness · English

untruthfulness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for untruthfulness
PropertyValue
Headworduntruthfulness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “untruthfulness” in English

untruthfulnessfalls 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

untruthfulness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being untruthful; dishonesty.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for untruthfulness, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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 untruthful + -ness. The correct English form is untruthfulness, spelled U-N-T-R-U-T-H-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state of being untruthful; dishonesty.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Subtlety may indeed effect a victory at the deadening cost of a sin, but timeservingness can only get transitory advantage, while the damage of its untruthfulness leaves its corroding taint behind for ever.

Etymology

From untruthful + -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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "untruthfulness"?
"untruthfulness" is spelled U-N-T-R-U-T-H-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.
What does "untruthfulness" mean?
As a noun, "untruthfulness" means: The state of being untruthful; dishonesty.
What is the origin of the word "untruthfulness"?
From untruthful + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list