plum pudding
"plum-pudding" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plum pudding” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A pudding, cooked by boiling or steaming, containing a large amount of dried fruit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | plum pudding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “plum pudding” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for plum pudding is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A pudding, cooked by boiling or steaming, containing a large amount of dried fruit.".
No misspelling variants are generated for plum pudding in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is plum pudding, spelled P-L-U-M- -P-U-D-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A pudding, cooked by boiling or steaming, containing a large amount of dried fruit.
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.
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Using “plum pudding”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-L-U-M- -P-U-D-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.