worksomeness

noun

"worksomeness" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“worksomeness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state, quality, or condition of being worksome; diligence.

Corpus desk

Index EN-worksomeness · worksomeness · English

worksomeness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for worksomeness
PropertyValue
Headwordworksomeness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “worksomeness” in English

worksomenessfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

worksomeness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state, quality, or condition of being worksome; diligence.".

Zero misspellings are on record for worksomeness in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From worksome + -ness. The correct English form is worksomeness, spelled W-O-R-K-S-O-M-E-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being worksome; diligence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Here is a specimen of his own workmanship under these conditions: — The mindstrength and body worksomeness of the Saxon, which are of great might for good when well spent, need a training in wisdom to keep them from mischief.
  2. When they lifted his poor flock out of the slum-hell into Christian, helpful worksomeness, and told the gentle Pastor, now growing old, what had happened, and that the loving people and their great Leader had made him Chief Pastor of the church, […]

Etymology

From worksome + -ness.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "worksomeness"?
"worksomeness" is spelled W-O-R-K-S-O-M-E-N-E-S-S.
What does "worksomeness" mean?
As a noun, "worksomeness" means: The state, quality, or condition of being worksome; diligence.
What is the origin of the word "worksomeness"?
From worksome + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list