geocaching

noun

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"geocaching" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“geocaching” is uncommon English (frequency #69,882 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,882
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-geocaching · geocaching · English

geocaching · rank #69,882 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,882
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH geolocation

Nearest frequency peer: geolocation (+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 “geocaching”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geocaching
PropertyValue
Headwordgeocaching
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,882
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “geocaching” 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).geocachingfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “geolocation” (#69,883), “Geraghty” (#69,884), “germinal” (#69,885). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “geocaching” is #69,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geocaching is uncommon English at frequency #69,882 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for geocaching, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

Etymologically, the entry records: From geo- + caching. First attested in 2000. See additional etymology at geocache. The correct English form is geocaching, spelled G-E-O-C-A-C-H-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    A pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In addition to the uses cited, a sport called geocaching — a high-tech version of hide and seek or orienteering — has evolved that uses GPS to locate points of interest and hidden items, or caches.
  2. State parks officials were a little stunned— and thrilled— with the response to the Geocaching History Challenge. Though it was difficult to determine how many people participated, clearly geocaching was exploding in popularity.

Etymology

From geo- + caching. First attested in 2000. See additional etymology at geocache.

This word in other languages

Geocaching(Deutsch)

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 "geocaching"?
"geocaching" is spelled G-E-O-C-A-C-H-I-N-G.
What does "geocaching" mean?
As a noun, "geocaching" means: A pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner.
What is the origin of the word "geocaching"?
From geo- + caching. First attested in 2000. See additional etymology at geocache. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gethsemane#69,886gabapentin#69,874forecastle#69,864hemorrhoid#69,926

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list