voluntariness

noun

"voluntariness" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-voluntariness · voluntariness · English

voluntariness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for voluntariness
PropertyValue
Headwordvoluntariness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “voluntariness” in English

voluntarinessfalls 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

voluntariness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition of being voluntary.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for voluntariness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From voluntary + -ness. The correct English form is voluntariness, spelled V-O-L-U-N-T-A-R-I-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The condition of being voluntary.

Etymology

From voluntary + -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 "voluntariness"?
"voluntariness" is spelled V-O-L-U-N-T-A-R-I-N-E-S-S.
What does "voluntariness" mean?
As a noun, "voluntariness" means: The condition of being voluntary.
What is the origin of the word "voluntariness"?
From voluntary + -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