womanliness
/ˈwʊmənlɪnəs/
"womanliness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“womanliness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The condition of being a woman; femininity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-womanliness · womanliness · English
womanliness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | womanliness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwʊmənlɪnəs/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “womanliness” in English
Rare enough to double-check
womanliness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwʊmənlɪnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The condition of being a woman; femininity.".
womanliness has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From womanly + -ness. The correct English form is womanliness, spelled W-O-M-A-N-L-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The condition of being a woman; femininity.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how womanliness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As she walked along to-day, for all her bouncing handsome womanliness, you could sometimes see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth sparkling from her eyes; and even her fifth would flit over the curves of her mouth now and then.
Etymology
From womanly + -ness.
Antonyms
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.