cleanings

/ˈkliːnɪŋz/

//ˈkliːnɪŋz// noun

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"cleanings" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cleanings” is uncommon English (frequency #87,144 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,144
frequency rank, English
43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of cleaning

Key facts for cleanings
PropertyValue
Headwordcleanings
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkliːnɪŋz/
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,144
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cleanings” 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). cleanings lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

cleanings is uncommon English at frequency #87,144 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkliːnɪŋz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of cleaning".

No generated misspelling entries exist for cleanings in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is cleanings, spelled C-L-E-A-N-I-N-G-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of cleaning

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 "cleanings"?
"cleanings" is spelled C-L-E-A-N-I-N-G-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkliːnɪŋz/.
What does "cleanings" mean?
As a noun, "cleanings" means: plural of cleaning
How do you pronounce "cleanings"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cleanings" is /ˈkliːnɪŋz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cleanings" come from?
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Using “cleanings”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is C-L-E-A-N-I-N-G-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈkliːnɪŋz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list