envying
"envying" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“envying” is uncommon English (frequency #86,247 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,247
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A feeling of envy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-envying · envying · English
envying · rank #86,247 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,247
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH ephemeris
Nearest frequency peer: ephemeris (+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 “envying”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- effed
effed
13,763 corpus weight
- engendering
engendering
13,757 corpus weight
- envying
envying
13,754 corpus weight
- ephemeris
ephemeris
13,753 corpus weight
- ERU
ERU
13,750 corpus weight
- ev'ry
ev'ry
13,745 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “envying” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | envying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “envying” in English
Rare enough to double-check
envying is uncommon English at frequency #86,247 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A feeling of envy.".
envying doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is envying, spelled E-N-V-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A feeling of envy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how envying appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Their moderation may perhaps keep them from the bitter envyings and hatred, to which ambitious worldlings are subject […]
"What a small, worthless thing," exclaimed Henrietta, "is our existence, filled with mean envyings, paltry hopes! and, if for one instant redeemed by a true affection, or a generous emotion, what wretchedness is sure to follow the indulgence of either!"
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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