pleadings
/ˈpliːdɪŋz/
"pleadings" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pleadings” is uncommon English (frequency #59,626 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,626
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of pleading
Corpus desk
Index EN-pleadings · pleadings · English
pleadings · rank #59,626 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,626
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pleiades
Nearest frequency peer: Pleiades (+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 “pleadings”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- perron
perron
40,380 corpus weight
- pleadings
pleadings
40,375 corpus weight
- Pleiades
Pleiades
40,374 corpus weight
- Plovdiv
Plovdiv
40,372 corpus weight
- pluripotent
pluripotent
40,371 corpus weight
- Podolski
Podolski
40,369 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pleadings” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pleadings |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpliːdɪŋz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,626 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pleadings” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pleadings is uncommon English at frequency #59,626 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpliːdɪŋz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of pleading".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pleadings, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is pleadings, spelled P-L-E-A-D-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1plural of pleading
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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