journaling
"journaling" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“journaling” is uncommon English (frequency #52,424 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,424
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The activity of keeping a diary, or journal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-journaling · journaling · English
journaling · rank #52,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,424
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH Jerez
Nearest frequency peer: Jerez (-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 “journaling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Iwata
Iwata
47,582 corpus weight
- Jabari
Jabari
47,581 corpus weight
- jakes
jakes
47,579 corpus weight
- Jerez
Jerez
47,578 corpus weight
- journaling
journaling
47,577 corpus weight
- Kacey
Kacey
47,575 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “journaling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | journaling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #52,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “journaling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
journaling is uncommon English at frequency #52,424 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for journaling, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is journaling, spelled J-O-U-R-N-A-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The activity of keeping a diary, or journal.
- 2The change log of the file system or database.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how journaling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From binder clips and washi tape to carrying cases and desk organizers, using accessories alongside journaling is one of my favorite parts of the process.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).