# wholeness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #45,748

## Definitions
1. The quality of being whole.
2. The entirety, the whole thing as opposed to part.

## Etymology
From Middle English holnesse, holnes, from Old English hālnes (“wholeness”), equivalent to whole + -ness.

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

## Common misspellings (12)
`hwoleness`, `whholeness`, `whloeness`, `whoelness`, `wholeenss`, `wholenes`, `wholenness`, `wholenses`, `wholleness`, `wholneess`, `wohleness`, `wwholeness`

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