redlining
"redlining" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“redlining” is uncommon English (frequency #84,667 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,667
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The process of or an instance of redlining.
| 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) |
Where “redlining” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
redlining is uncommon English at frequency #84,667 among 21,470 “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.
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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Using “redlining”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-E-D-L-I-N-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.