leafing
/ˈliːfɪŋ/
"leafing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“leafing” is uncommon English (frequency #82,479 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,479
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of leaf
Corpus desk
Index EN-leafing · leafing · English
leafing · rank #82,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,479
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH Lassa
Nearest frequency peer: Lassa (-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 “leafing”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- lakin
lakin
17,526 corpus weight
- Lamotte
Lamotte
17,525 corpus weight
- larkspur
larkspur
17,524 corpus weight
- Lassa
Lassa
17,523 corpus weight
- leafing
leafing
17,522 corpus weight
- lectionary
lectionary
17,521 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “leafing” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | leafing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈliːfɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “leafing” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
leafing is uncommon English at frequency #82,479 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈliːfɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of leaf".
leafing has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 leafing, spelled L-E-A-F-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of leaf
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 7 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.