boding
/ˈbəʊdɪŋ/
"boding" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“boding” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - foreboding, ominous, portending.
Corpus desk
Index EN-boding · boding · English
boding · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “boding” in English
Rare enough to double-check
boding is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "foreboding, ominous, portending.".
boding doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From bode + -ing. The correct English form is boding, spelled B-O-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1foreboding, ominous, portending.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how boding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[E]very sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination: the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hill side; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; […]
Etymology
From bode + -ing.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.