exhaling
"exhaling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“exhaling” is uncommon English (frequency #54,767 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,767
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - exhalation
Corpus desk
Index EN-exhaling · exhaling · English
exhaling · rank #54,767 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,767
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH explosively
Nearest frequency peer: explosively (+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 “exhaling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- EOC
EOC
45,241 corpus weight
- estadio
estadio
45,240 corpus weight
- evaporator
evaporator
45,238 corpus weight
- exaltation
exaltation
45,236 corpus weight
- exhaling
exhaling
45,234 corpus weight
- explosively
explosively
45,233 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “exhaling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exhaling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “exhaling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
exhaling is uncommon English at frequency #54,767 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "exhalation".
exhaling doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is exhaling, spelled E-X-H-A-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1exhalation
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how exhaling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Diarmid sang in a language Camrose didn't know, with a lot of liquid sounds mixed up with exhalings from deep in the throat.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).