dismantling
"dismantling" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dismantling” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,186. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,186
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - The act by which something is dismantled.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dismantling · dismantling · English
dismantling · rank #21,186 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,186
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dismantle
Nearest frequency peer: dismantle (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dismantling”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- derogatory
derogatory
78,819 corpus weight
- diagnoses
diagnoses
78,818 corpus weight
- dismantle
dismantle
78,816 corpus weight
- dismantling
dismantling
78,815 corpus weight
- disrupting
disrupting
78,814 corpus weight
- DMV
DMV
78,813 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dismantling” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dismantling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #21,186 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dismantling” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around dismantling, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,186 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act by which something is dismantled.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for dismantling, with forms such as "ddismantling", "dimsantling", and "disamntling". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 dismantling, spelled D-I-S-M-A-N-T-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act by which something is dismantled.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dismantling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The three occupation powers had complete discretion over dismantlings, however.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddismantling
- dimsantling
- disamntling
- dismanlting
- dismanntling
- dismantilng
- dismantlign
- dismantlingg
- dismantlinng
- dismantlling
- dismantlnig
- dismanttling
- dismatnling
- dismmantling
- dismnatling
- dissmantling
- dsimantling
- idsmantling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dismantling - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dismantling", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
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.