exalting

adj

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"exalting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“exalting” is uncommon English (frequency #90,428 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,428
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - that uplifts, that exalts.

Corpus desk

Index EN-exalting · exalting · English

exalting · rank #90,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,428
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH evensong

Nearest frequency peer: evensong (-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 “exalting”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “exalting” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exalting
PropertyValue
Headwordexalting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#90,428
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “exalting” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).exaltingfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “evensong” (#90,426), “existentially” (#90,430), “extraversion” (#90,432). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “exalting” is #90,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

exalting is uncommon English at frequency #90,428 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "that uplifts, that exalts.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for exalting, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is exalting, spelled E-X-A-L-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    that uplifts, that exalts.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how exalting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The best proof of their exalting presence among us is, that we believe and hope, where our grandfathers ridiculed and doubted.

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 "exalting"?
"exalting" is spelled E-X-A-L-T-I-N-G.
What does "exalting" mean?
As an adjective, "exalting" means: that uplifts, that exalts.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "exalting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

evensong#90,426failover#90,435estancia#90,420Federici#90,443

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list