defunding
"defunding" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“defunding” is uncommon English (frequency #66,605 among 26,416 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,605
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An instance of something being defunded; withdrawal of funds.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | defunding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,605 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “defunding” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
defunding is uncommon English at frequency #66,605 among 26,416 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An instance of something being defunded; withdrawal of funds.".
No misspelling variants are generated for defunding in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is defunding, spelled D-E-F-U-N-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1An instance of something being defunded; withdrawal of funds.
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 “defunding”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-E-F-U-N-D-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.