divulging

noun

"divulging" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“divulging” is an uncommon English word, ranked #65,842 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#65,842
frequency rank, English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act by which something is divulged.

Key facts for divulging
PropertyValue
Headworddivulging
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,842
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “divulging” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). divulging lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for divulging is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #65,842 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The act by which something is divulged.".

Zero misspellings are on record for divulging in our index -- a straightforward spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word; its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 divulging, spelled D-I-V-U-L-G-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act by which something is divulged.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "divulging"?
"divulging" is spelled D-I-V-U-L-G-I-N-G.
What does "divulging" mean?
As a noun, "divulging" means: The act by which something is divulged.
What language does "divulging" come from?
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Using “divulging”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is D-I-V-U-L-G-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list