exhaling

noun

"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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for exhaling
PropertyValue
Headwordexhaling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#54,767
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “exhaling” 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).exhalingfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “explosively” (#54,768), “exaltation” (#54,765), “evaporator” (#54,763). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “exhaling” is #54,767. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    exhalation

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "exhaling"?
"exhaling" is spelled E-X-H-A-L-I-N-G.
What does "exhaling" mean?
As a noun, "exhaling" means: exhalation
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list