abating
/əˈbeɪtɪŋ/
"abating" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abating” is uncommon English (frequency #68,794 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,794
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of abate
Corpus desk
Index EN-abating · abating · English
abating · rank #68,794 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,794
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abbeys
Nearest frequency peer: abbeys (+1 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “abating”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- abating
abating
31,207 corpus weight
- abbeys
abbeys
31,206 corpus weight
- ableist
ableist
31,205 corpus weight
- abrogation
abrogation
31,203 corpus weight
- abstractly
abstractly
31,202 corpus weight
- abuela
abuela
31,201 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “abating” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abating |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈbeɪtɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,794 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abating” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
abating is uncommon English at frequency #68,794 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈbeɪtɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of abate".
abating doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is abating, spelled A-B-A-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of abate
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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