caulking
"caulking" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“caulking” is uncommon English (frequency #73,046 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,046
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caulking · caulking · English
caulking · rank #73,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,046
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Castaneda
Nearest frequency peer: Castaneda (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “caulking”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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26,961 corpus weight
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26,960 corpus weight
- Castaneda
Castaneda
26,957 corpus weight
- caulking
caulking
26,955 corpus weight
- CCE
CCE
26,953 corpus weight
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ceilidh
26,951 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “caulking” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caulking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,046 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caulking” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caulking is uncommon English at frequency #73,046 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
caulking has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 caulking, spelled C-A-U-L-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
- 2An act/process of sealing using this material.
Synonyms
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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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency 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.