Kling
"kling" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kling” is uncommon English (frequency #74,232 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,232
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of Keling.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kling · Kling · English
Kling · rank #74,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,232
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 9,255
- PHOTO-FINISH kitschy
Nearest frequency peer: kitschy (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Kling”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- khadi
khadi
25,774 corpus weight
- kier
kier
25,772 corpus weight
- kitschy
kitschy
25,770 corpus weight
- Kling
Kling
25,769 corpus weight
- Kolbe
Kolbe
25,766 corpus weight
- kookaburra
kookaburra
25,764 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Kling” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kling” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Kling is uncommon English at frequency #74,232 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Keling.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Kling, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 Kling, spelled K-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Keling.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.