entangling
"entangling" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“entangling” is uncommon English (frequency #92,574 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,574
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That causes entanglement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-entangling · entangling · English
entangling · rank #92,574 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,574
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH enzymology
Nearest frequency peer: enzymology (+2 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 “entangling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Eitan
Eitan
7,434 corpus weight
- Eliana
Eliana
7,433 corpus weight
- emigre
emigre
7,430 corpus weight
- entangling
entangling
7,427 corpus weight
- enzymology
enzymology
7,425 corpus weight
- epitaxial
epitaxial
7,422 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “entangling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entangling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,574 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “entangling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
entangling is uncommon English at frequency #92,574 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "That causes entanglement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for entangling in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 entangling, spelled E-N-T-A-N-G-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1That causes entanglement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entangling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Were you, Sir, or I, to become stock-jobbers, money-scriveners, or adventurers in commerce, it would not be more entangling, or more likely to impede the discharge of our duty, in spiritually serving a congregation, and in communicating biblical and theological learning to young men of approved piety, to prepare them for the work of the ministry,—than is…
On balance, it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the American system of alliances is now more entangling than it is supportive of American interests, and that the United States has come to find itself in the company of relatively few genuine allies, many clients, and several obvious encumbrances.
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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