demoralising
/dɪˈmɒɹəlaɪzɪŋ(ɡ)/
"demoralising" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“demoralising” is uncommon English (frequency #80,375 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,375
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of demoralise
Corpus desk
Index EN-demoralising · demoralising · English
demoralising · rank #80,375 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,375
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH demain
Nearest frequency peer: demain (-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 “demoralising”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- defeatism
defeatism
19,630 corpus weight
- demain
demain
19,627 corpus weight
- demoralising
demoralising
19,626 corpus weight
- deriding
deriding
19,624 corpus weight
- determinati…
determinative
19,622 corpus weight
- determiner
determiner
19,621 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “demoralising” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | demoralising |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈmɒɹəlaɪzɪŋ(ɡ)/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #80,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “demoralising” in English
Rare enough to double-check
demoralising is uncommon English at frequency #80,375 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /dɪˈmɒɹəlaɪzɪŋ(ɡ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of demoralise".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for demoralising, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is demoralising, spelled D-E-M-O-R-A-L-I-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of demoralise
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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