liaising
/liːˈeɪzɪŋ/
"liaising" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“liaising” is uncommon English (frequency #66,042 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,042
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of liaise
Corpus desk
Index EN-liaising · liaising · English
liaising · rank #66,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,042
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH LFL
Nearest frequency peer: LFL (-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 “liaising”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- legless
legless
33,963 corpus weight
- leman
leman
33,962 corpus weight
- LFL
LFL
33,960 corpus weight
- liaising
liaising
33,959 corpus weight
- libero
libero
33,958 corpus weight
- lilting
lilting
33,956 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “liaising” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | liaising |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /liːˈeɪzɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “liaising” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
liaising is uncommon English at frequency #66,042 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /liːˈeɪzɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of liaise".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for liaising, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is liaising, spelled L-I-A-I-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of liaise
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 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.