willingness

Name: willingness, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/

//ˈwɪlɪŋnəs// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“willingness” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,422. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,422
frequency rank, English: 1,759
“W” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state of being willing

Corpus desk

Index EN-willingness · willingness · English

willingness · rank #9,422 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,422
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 1,759
PHOTO-FINISH whoa

Nearest frequency peer: whoa (-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.

vocabulary

90,582
Wellington

90,581
whoa

90,580
willingness

90,579
woody

90,578
worthless

90,577

What this shows “willingness” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for willingness
Property	Value
Headword	willingness
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#9,422
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “willingness”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).willingnesslands here:

#9,422

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “whoa” (#9,421), “woody” (#9,423), “Wellington” (#9,420). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “willingness” is #9,422. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around willingness (IPA /ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,422 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The state of being willing".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for willingness, with forms such as "iwllingness", "wililngness", and "wilingness". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From willing + -ness. The correct English form is willingness, spelled W-I-L-L-I-N-G-N-E-S-S.

Definition

1
The state of being willing

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how willingness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

All it takes is a willingness to learn.
"[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]"

Etymology

From willing + -ness.

Synonyms

goodwill

Antonyms

unwillingness

This word in other languages

voluntariedad(Español)Bereitschaft(Deutsch)disposição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

iwllingness
wililngness
wilingness
willignness
willingenss
willinggness
willingnes
willingnness
willingnses
willinngess
willinngness
willnigness
wlilingness
wwillingness

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of willingness - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "willingness"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "willingness"?

"willingness" is spelled W-I-L-L-I-N-G-N-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/.

What does "willingness" mean?

As a noun, "willingness" means: The state of being willing

What are common misspellings of "willingness"?

Common misspellings include "iwllingness", "wililngness", "wilingness", "willignness", "willingenss". The correct spelling is "willingness".

How do you pronounce "willingness"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "willingness" is /ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "willingness"?

From willing + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "willingness", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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