masterminding
"masterminding" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“masterminding” is uncommon English (frequency #90,706 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,706
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A creativity technique by which a group tries to find solutions for a specific problem from ideas spontaneously contributed by its members.
Corpus desk
Index EN-masterminding · masterminding · English
masterminding · rank #90,706 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,706
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH matins
Nearest frequency peer: matins (+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 “masterminding”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Martí
Martí
9,297 corpus weight
- mastermindi…
masterminding
9,295 corpus weight
- matins
matins
9,294 corpus weight
- Matthiessen
Matthiessen
9,293 corpus weight
- McCausland
McCausland
9,289 corpus weight
- Meadowbank
Meadowbank
9,288 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “masterminding” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “masterminding” in English
Rare enough to double-check
masterminding is uncommon English at frequency #90,706 among 4,057 “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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).