redlining
"redlining" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“redlining” is uncommon English (frequency #84,667 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,667
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of or an instance of redlining.
Corpus desk
Index EN-redlining · redlining · English
redlining · rank #84,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,667
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reductionism
Nearest frequency peer: reductionism (+1 rank slots)
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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 “redlining”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- redlining
redlining
15,334 corpus weight
- reductionism
reductionism
15,333 corpus weight
- reentering
reentering
15,332 corpus weight
- reestablish…
reestablishment
15,331 corpus weight
- refracting
refracting
15,329 corpus weight
- regio
regio
15,328 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “redlining” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redlining |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “redlining” in English
Rare enough to double-check
redlining is uncommon English at frequency #84,667 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
redlining has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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: (systematic denial): From the red outlines used by the HOLC to mark D-rated neighborhoods with minority occupants. The correct English form is redlining, spelled R-E-D-L-I-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The process of or an instance of redlining.
- 2The systematic denial of various services to residents of specific, often racially associated, neighborhoods or communities, either directly or through the selective raising of prices.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how redlining appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I won't soon forget Ben handing me the first of those printouts, literally covered with his notes, arrows, X's, redlinings...My heart sank.
Admittedly, our metropolitan plan was an exercise in hope. There were million reasons why it might not have worked. But it represented a responsible way to try to begin atoning for the public housing ghettos, the racial zoning and covenants, the redlining, the “Negro removal,” and the other policies and practices that had given us the two separate and une…
Etymology
(systematic denial): From the red outlines used by the HOLC to mark D-rated neighborhoods with minority occupants.
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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