pling
/plɪŋ/
"pling" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pling” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The symbol ! (an exclamation mark).
Corpus desk
Index EN-pling · pling · English
pling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /plɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pling is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /plɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The symbol ! (an exclamation mark).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pling, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is pling, spelled P-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The symbol ! (an exclamation mark).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This illustrates the order in which bytes are poked into memory with the pling operator.
IMO, prefixing a directory name with a pling so that a program within it is run when you double click on it is a rather untidy way to do things.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.