appetising
"appetising" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“appetising” is an uncommon English word, ranked #91,237 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #91,237
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of appetizing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | appetising |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “appetising” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for appetising is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #91,237 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alternative spelling of appetizing.".
No misspelling variants are generated for appetising in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is appetising, spelled A-P-P-E-T-I-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of appetizing.
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-P-P-E-T-I-S-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.