wrongness
/ˈɹɒŋ.nəs/
"wrongness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wrongness” is an uncommon English word, ranked #81,041 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #81,041
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being wrong; error or fault.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wrongness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɒŋ.nəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,041 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wrongness” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for wrongness is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɹɒŋ.nəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #81,041 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for wrongness in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English wrongnesse, equivalent to wrong + -ness. The correct English form is wrongness, spelled W-R-O-N-G-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality of being wrong; error or fault.
- 2Wrong or reprehensible things or actions.
Etymology
From Middle English wrongnesse, equivalent to wrong + -ness.
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.
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Using “wrongness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-R-O-N-G-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɹɒŋ.nəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.