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 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,144
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of cleaning

Corpus desk

Index EN-cleanings · cleanings · English

cleanings · rank #87,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,144
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH civilizational

Nearest frequency peer: civilizational (-1 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 “cleanings”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “cleanings” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cleanings
PropertyValue
Headwordcleanings
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkliːnɪŋz/
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,144
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cleanings” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).cleaningsfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “civilizational” (#87,143), “cleavers” (#87,145), “Clemmons” (#87,146). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “cleanings” is #87,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cleanings is uncommon English at frequency #87,144 among 5,599 “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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cleanings", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

coadjutor#87,149chirality#87,137corroding#87,169buffeting#87,102

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list