Pauling
"pauling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Pauling” is uncommon English (frequency #66,180 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,180
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname transferred from the given name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pauling · Pauling · English
Pauling · rank #66,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,180
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pathologically
Nearest frequency peer: pathologically (-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 “Pauling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- papillomavi…
papillomavirus
33,825 corpus weight
- parter
parter
33,824 corpus weight
- pathologica…
pathologically
33,822 corpus weight
- Pauling
Pauling
33,821 corpus weight
- Pausanias
Pausanias
33,819 corpus weight
- pediment
pediment
33,817 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Pauling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Pauling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,180 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Pauling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Pauling is uncommon English at frequency #66,180 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Pauling has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Paulin; the surname of Linus Pauling derives from its German cognate. The correct English form is Pauling, spelled P-A-U-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A surname transferred from the given name.
- 2A surname transferred from the given name.
Etymology
Variant of Paulin; the surname of Linus Pauling derives from its German cognate.
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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