wakefulness
/ˈweɪk.fʊl.nəs/
"wakefulness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wakefulness” is uncommon English (frequency #62,608 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,608
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being wakeful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wakefulness · wakefulness · English
wakefulness · rank #62,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,608
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Walworth
Nearest frequency peer: Walworth (+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 “wakefulness”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Vala
Vala
37,400 corpus weight
- Vesey
Vesey
37,398 corpus weight
- wakefulness
wakefulness
37,393 corpus weight
- Walworth
Walworth
37,392 corpus weight
- Wareham
Wareham
37,390 corpus weight
- Wasim
Wasim
37,388 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “wakefulness” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wakefulness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈweɪk.fʊl.nəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wakefulness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wakefulness is uncommon English at frequency #62,608 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈweɪk.fʊl.nəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state of being wakeful.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for wakefulness, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wakeful + -ness. The correct English form is wakefulness, spelled W-A-K-E-F-U-L-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The state of being wakeful.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wakefulness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Similarly, the brain-penetrating Hrh2 antagonist zolantidine had no effect on light-induced phase shift as shown for hamsters, or the lengths or distributions of NREM, REM and wakefulness states as shown on rats.
Etymology
From wakeful + -ness.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).