imploring
"imploring" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“imploring” is uncommon English (frequency #51,176 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,176
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who implores; imploration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-imploring · imploring · English
imploring · rank #51,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,176
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH incredulity
Nearest frequency peer: incredulity (+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 “imploring”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- hypersonic
hypersonic
48,832 corpus weight
- icecream
icecream
48,828 corpus weight
- imploring
imploring
48,825 corpus weight
- incredulity
incredulity
48,823 corpus weight
- inducement
inducement
48,822 corpus weight
- infomercial
infomercial
48,821 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “imploring” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | imploring |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “imploring” in English
Rare enough to double-check
imploring is uncommon English at frequency #51,176 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of one who implores; imploration.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for imploring in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is imploring, spelled I-M-P-L-O-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of one who implores; imploration.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how imploring appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But on the night that Nekhludov seduces Maslova, he forces his way past doors, implorings, and physical resistance.
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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