caretaking
"caretaking" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“caretaking” is uncommon English (frequency #91,337 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,337
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caretaking · caretaking · English
caretaking · rank #91,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,337
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH capstan
Nearest frequency peer: capstan (-3 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 “caretaking”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- campagna
campagna
8,669 corpus weight
- Camperdown
Camperdown
8,668 corpus weight
- capstan
capstan
8,667 corpus weight
- caretaking
caretaking
8,664 corpus weight
- casse
casse
8,661 corpus weight
- censer
censer
8,658 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “caretaking” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caretaking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “caretaking” in English
Rare enough to double-check
caretaking is uncommon English at frequency #91,337 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for caretaking, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From care + taking. The correct English form is caretaking, spelled C-A-R-E-T-A-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of taking care or taking charge of something.
- 2Caregiving.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caretaking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: taking care
Caretaking of the extensive grounds is a major expense for the museum foundation.
Etymology
From care + taking.
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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