correctness

Other forms of correctness

plural

correctnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about correctness

What does correctness mean?

correctness means "conformity to fact or truth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in correctness?

correctness has 3 syllables: cor-rect-ness. The stress falls on "rect". In IPA it is /kɚˈɛktnəs/.

What is another word for correctness?

Close synonyms include rightness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of correctness?

The recorded antonyms are incorrectness, incorrectness.

Is correctness a common word?

correctness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with correctness?

1 word rhymes with correctness. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.