grudging
/ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/
"grudging" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grudging” is an uncommon English word, ranked #58,730 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #58,730
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unwilling or with reluctance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grudging |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grudging” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for grudging is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #58,730 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Unwilling or with reluctance.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for grudging, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is grudging, spelled G-R-U-D-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Unwilling or with reluctance.
This word in other languages
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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-U-D-G-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɡɹʌ.dʒɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.