costuming

Name: costuming, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“costuming” is uncommon English (frequency #64,289 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,289
frequency rank, English: 43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Material for making costumes.

Key facts for costuming
Property	Value
Headword	costuming
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#64,289
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “costuming” 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). costuming lands here:

#64,289

#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

costuming is uncommon English at frequency #64,289 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for costuming, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is costuming, spelled C-O-S-T-U-M-I-N-G.

Definition

1
Material for making costumes.
2
The putting on of a costume; dressing up.

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 "costuming"?

"costuming" is spelled C-O-S-T-U-M-I-N-G.

What does "costuming" mean?

As a noun, "costuming" means: Material for making costumes.

What language does "costuming" come from?

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Using “costuming”

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The one correct English spelling is C-O-S-T-U-M-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.