gorging
"gorging" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gorging” is uncommon English (frequency #69,898 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,898
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who gorges, or eats to satiety.
Corpus desk
Index EN-gorging · gorging · English
gorging · rank #69,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,898
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Goguryeo
Nearest frequency peer: Goguryeo (-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 “gorging”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- GMAT
GMAT
30,109 corpus weight
- goalpost
goalpost
30,108 corpus weight
- Godavari
Godavari
30,107 corpus weight
- godforsaken
godforsaken
30,106 corpus weight
- Goguryeo
Goguryeo
30,105 corpus weight
- gorging
gorging
30,103 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gorging” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gorging |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gorging” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gorging is uncommon English at frequency #69,898 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of one who gorges, or eats to satiety.".
Zero misspellings are on record for gorging in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is gorging, spelled G-O-R-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of one who gorges, or eats to satiety.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gorging appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.
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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