impounding
"impounding" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“impounding” is uncommon English (frequency #89,482 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,482
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of impoundment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-impounding · impounding · English
impounding · rank #89,482 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,482
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Indyref
Nearest frequency peer: Indyref (+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 “impounding”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- IIHF
IIHF
10,524 corpus weight
- impounding
impounding
10,519 corpus weight
- Indyref
Indyref
10,517 corpus weight
- interdenomi…
interdenominational
10,514 corpus weight
- interregion…
interregional
10,513 corpus weight
- Irak
Irak
10,512 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “impounding” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | impounding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “impounding” in English
Rare enough to double-check
impounding is uncommon English at frequency #89,482 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An act of impoundment.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for impounding, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is impounding, spelled I-M-P-O-U-N-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1An act of impoundment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how impounding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Since the accident, Cranfield Airport Air Navigation Service has issued supplementary instruction CIMS-CF-ATC-001-SI 02/21 regarding the impounding of recordings. This exceeds the current CAA regulatory requirement and will result in all video recorded by this digital tower being retained after an accident or serious incident, in addition to RTF and radar…
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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