creasing
/ˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
"creasing" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“creasing” is uncommon English (frequency #59,306 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,306
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of crease
Corpus desk
Index EN-creasing · creasing · English
creasing · rank #59,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,306
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH crapped
Nearest frequency peer: crapped (-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 “creasing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cowed
cowed
40,699 corpus weight
- crannies
crannies
40,697 corpus weight
- crapped
crapped
40,696 corpus weight
- creasing
creasing
40,695 corpus weight
- croak
croak
40,694 corpus weight
- crowed
crowed
40,693 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “creasing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | creasing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “creasing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
creasing is uncommon English at frequency #59,306 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈkɹiːsɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of crease".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for creasing, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is creasing, spelled C-R-E-A-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of crease
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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