unusualness

noun

"unusualness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition or state of being unusual.

Corpus desk

Index EN-unusualness · unusualness · English

unusualness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "U" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for unusualness
PropertyValue
Headwordunusualness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “unusualness” in English

unusualnesssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

unusualness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for unusualness in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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 unusual + -ness. The correct English form is unusualness, spelled U-N-U-S-U-A-L-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The condition or state of being unusual.
  2. 2
    Something unusual; an aberration.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The pale, inscrutable determinateness, and flinchless intrepidity of Pierre, now began to domineer upon them; for any social unusualness or greatness is sometimes most impressive in the retrospect.
  2. `Was it a housekeeper?' He was the rouseabout, wearing his best clothes with awful unusualness.

Etymology

From unusual + -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 "unusualness"?
"unusualness" is spelled U-N-U-S-U-A-L-N-E-S-S.
What does "unusualness" mean?
As a noun, "unusualness" means: The condition or state of being unusual.
What is the origin of the word "unusualness"?
From unusual + -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