gulping
/ˈɡʌlpɪŋ/
"gulping" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“gulping” is uncommon English (frequency #65,939 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,939
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of gulp
Corpus desk
Index EN-gulping · gulping · English
gulping · rank #65,939 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,939
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH Guha
Nearest frequency peer: Guha (-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 “gulping”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Griselda
Griselda
34,067 corpus weight
- Guenther
Guenther
34,064 corpus weight
- Guha
Guha
34,063 corpus weight
- gulping
gulping
34,062 corpus weight
- Hada
Hada
34,059 corpus weight
- hailstorm
hailstorm
34,058 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “gulping” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gulping |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɡʌlpɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “gulping” in English
Rare enough to double-check
gulping is uncommon English at frequency #65,939 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈɡʌlpɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of gulp".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for gulping, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From gulp + -ing. The correct English form is gulping, spelled G-U-L-P-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of gulp
Etymology
From gulp + -ing.
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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