blanketing

noun

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"blanketing" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“blanketing” is uncommon English (frequency #77,464 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,464
frequency rank, English
31,241
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cloth for making blankets.

Key facts for blanketing
PropertyValue
Headwordblanketing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#77,464
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “blanketing” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). blanketing lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blanketing is uncommon English at frequency #77,464 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for blanketing, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, blanket + -ing. The correct English form is blanketing, spelled B-L-A-N-K-E-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cloth for making blankets.
  2. 2
    A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
  3. 3
    The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
  4. 4
    A maneuver in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.
  5. 5
    The provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.

Etymology

By surface analysis, blanket + -ing.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blanketing"?
"blanketing" is spelled B-L-A-N-K-E-T-I-N-G.
What does "blanketing" mean?
As a noun, "blanketing" means: Cloth for making blankets.
What is the origin of the word "blanketing"?
By surface analysis, blanket + -ing. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “blanketing”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is B-L-A-N-K-E-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list