masterminding
"masterminding" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“masterminding” is uncommon English (frequency #90,706 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,706
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A creativity technique by which a group tries to find solutions for a specific problem from ideas spontaneously contributed by its members.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | masterminding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #90,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “masterminding” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
masterminding is uncommon English at frequency #90,706 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A creativity technique by which a group tries to find solutions for a specific problem from ideas spontaneously contributed by its members.".
masterminding has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mastermind + -ing. The correct English form is masterminding, spelled M-A-S-T-E-R-M-I-N-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A creativity technique by which a group tries to find solutions for a specific problem from ideas spontaneously contributed by its members.
Etymology
From mastermind + -ing.
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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Using “masterminding”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-S-T-E-R-M-I-N-D-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.