abdicating
/ˈæb.dɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/
"abdicating" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abdicating” is uncommon English (frequency #89,063 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,063
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of abdicate
Corpus desk
Index EN-abdicating · abdicating · English
abdicating · rank #89,063 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,063
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH AAVE
Nearest frequency peer: AAVE (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “abdicating”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Aaronson
Aaronson
10,940 corpus weight
- AAVE
AAVE
10,939 corpus weight
- abdicating
abdicating
10,938 corpus weight
- abductees
abductees
10,937 corpus weight
- abducts
abducts
10,936 corpus weight
- abend
abend
10,935 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “abdicating” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abdicating |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈæb.dɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,063 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “abdicating” in English
Rare enough to double-check
abdicating is uncommon English at frequency #89,063 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈæb.dɪ.keɪ.tɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of abdicate".
No generated misspelling entries exist for abdicating in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 abdicating, spelled A-B-D-I-C-A-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of abdicate
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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