discomforting
"discomforting" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“discomforting” is uncommon English (frequency #98,033 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,033
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causing discomfort.
Corpus desk
Index EN-discomforting · discomforting · English
discomforting · rank #98,033 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,033
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH disjunctive
Nearest frequency peer: disjunctive (+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 “discomforting”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- difficultly
difficultly
1,974 corpus weight
- Diggins
Diggins
1,973 corpus weight
- dingbat
dingbat
1,971 corpus weight
- discomforti…
discomforting
1,968 corpus weight
- disjunctive
disjunctive
1,967 corpus weight
- divo
divo
1,966 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “discomforting” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | discomforting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #98,033 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “discomforting” in English
Rare enough to double-check
discomforting is uncommon English at frequency #98,033 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Causing discomfort.".
discomforting doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is discomforting, spelled D-I-S-C-O-M-F-O-R-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Causing discomfort.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how discomforting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After all, disorderliness can be very discomforting and dangerous.
The authors speculated that discussions about discrimination were more discomforting than discussions instilling ethnic pride, so parents refrained from initiating such discussions unless precipitated by a specific discriminatory incident.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).