clattering
"clattering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clattering” is an uncommon English word, ranked #54,081 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #54,081
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - In a state or process of being clattered.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clattering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,081 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clattering” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for clattering is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #54,081 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "In a state or process of being clattered.".
Zero misspellings are on record for clattering in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is clattering, spelled C-L-A-T-T-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1In a state or process of being clattered.
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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Using “clattering”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-A-T-T-E-R-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.