dissuading
"dissuading" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dissuading” is uncommon English (frequency #96,946 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,946
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A dissuasion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dissuading · dissuading · English
dissuading · rank #96,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,946
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH distressingly
Nearest frequency peer: distressingly (+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 “dissuading”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- disconcerti…
disconcertingly
3,059 corpus weight
- disembarkat…
disembarkation
3,058 corpus weight
- dismutase
dismutase
3,057 corpus weight
- dissuading
dissuading
3,055 corpus weight
- distressing…
distressingly
3,054 corpus weight
- dooming
dooming
3,051 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dissuading” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dissuading |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dissuading” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dissuading is uncommon English at frequency #96,946 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A dissuasion.".
dissuading doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is dissuading, spelled D-I-S-S-U-A-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A dissuasion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dissuading appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It might have been a good thing if he had, unsuited as he was physically, but the mood passed easily under fraternal dissuadings and a feeling of duty toward his father.
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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