cradling
"cradling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cradling” is uncommon English (frequency #56,032 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,032
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of cradle
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cradling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,032 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cradling” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cradling is uncommon English at frequency #56,032 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of cradle".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cradling, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is cradling, spelled C-R-A-D-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of cradle
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 “cradling”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-A-D-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.