uselessness
"uselessness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uselessness” is uncommon English (frequency #64,809 among 1,433 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,809
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or quality of being useless.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uselessness · uselessness · English
uselessness · rank #64,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,809
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH Urie
Nearest frequency peer: Urie (-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 “uselessness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- untroubled
untroubled
35,196 corpus weight
- unwary
unwary
35,195 corpus weight
- Urie
Urie
35,193 corpus weight
- uselessness
uselessness
35,192 corpus weight
- usta
usta
35,189 corpus weight
- usurpation
usurpation
35,188 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “uselessness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uselessness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #64,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “uselessness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
uselessness is uncommon English at frequency #64,809 among 1,433 “U” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or quality of being useless.".
uselessness doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From useless + -ness. The correct English form is uselessness, spelled U-S-E-L-E-S-S-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state or quality of being useless.
Etymology
From useless + -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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).