distrusting
"distrusting" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“distrusting” is uncommon English (frequency #90,372 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,372
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inclined to distrust; distrustful; suspicious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-distrusting · distrusting · English
distrusting · rank #90,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,372
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH distil
Nearest frequency peer: distil (-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 “distrusting”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Dinsdale
Dinsdale
9,635 corpus weight
- dishonorably
dishonorably
9,631 corpus weight
- distil
distil
9,630 corpus weight
- distrusting
distrusting
9,629 corpus weight
- Diyala
Diyala
9,627 corpus weight
- Doheny
Doheny
9,625 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “distrusting” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | distrusting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #90,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “distrusting” in English
Rare enough to double-check
distrusting is uncommon English at frequency #90,372 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inclined to distrust; distrustful; suspicious.".
distrusting has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is distrusting, spelled D-I-S-T-R-U-S-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Inclined to distrust; distrustful; suspicious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how distrusting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To the contrary, compared to the Pew Research Center respondents who either worked for government or lived in a household with someone who did, those who worked for nongovernmental employers under contracts and grants were usually the most distrusting of all.
Her small stature and quiet nature enables her to slip in and out of places unnoticed... her gentle character allows her to deceive even the most distrusting of men with merely a blink of her wide eyes and an innocent smile.
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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