# whiteness

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwaɪtnəs/ · frequency rank #29,145

## Definitions
1. The state or quality of being white (all senses).
2. The quality of being white (in the racial sense).
3. The quality of being white noise.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English whitenesse, whitnesse, whytnesse, hwitnesse, from Old English hwītnes (“whiteness”), equivalent to white + -ness.

## Easily confused with
- **witness** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiteness-vs-witness)
- **wholeness** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whiteness-vs-wholeness)

## Common misspellings (12)
`hwiteness`, `whhiteness`, `whietness`, `whiteenss`, `whitenes`, `whitenness`, `whitenses`, `whitneess`, `whitteness`, `whtieness`, `wihteness`, `wwhiteness`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/whiteness