defrosting

noun

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"defrosting" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“defrosting” is uncommon English (frequency #78,519 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,519
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process by which something is defrosted.

Corpus desk

Index EN-defrosting · defrosting · English

defrosting · rank #78,519 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,519
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH denuclearizat…

Nearest frequency peer: denuclearization (+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 “defrosting”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for defrosting
PropertyValue
Headworddefrosting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#78,519
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “defrosting” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).defrostingfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “denuclearization” (#78,520), “DEET” (#78,517), “deers” (#78,516). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “defrosting” is #78,519. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

defrosting is uncommon English at frequency #78,519 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The process by which something is defrosted.".

defrosting has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is defrosting, spelled D-E-F-R-O-S-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The process by which something is defrosted.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how defrosting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Insufficient defrosting causes electricity waste by overworking the cabinet and also results in high temperatures.

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

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"defrosting" is spelled D-E-F-R-O-S-T-I-N-G.
What does "defrosting" mean?
As a noun, "defrosting" means: The process by which something is defrosted.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cyclocross#78,504connivance#78,487Cloverdale#78,480circulator#78,475

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list