scowling
"scowling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scowling” is uncommon English (frequency #64,691 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,691
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of giving a scowl.
Corpus desk
Index EN-scowling · scowling · English
scowling · rank #64,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,691
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Saylor
Nearest frequency peer: Saylor (-3 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 “scowling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sartorius
sartorius
35,316 corpus weight
- satsuma
satsuma
35,315 corpus weight
- Saylor
Saylor
35,313 corpus weight
- scowling
scowling
35,310 corpus weight
- Seaview
Seaview
35,307 corpus weight
- securitizat…
securitization
35,305 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “scowling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scowling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “scowling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
scowling is uncommon English at frequency #64,691 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of giving a scowl.".
No misspelling variants are generated for scowling in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is scowling, spelled S-C-O-W-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of giving a scowl.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how scowling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No black scowlings — no horrid gnashing of teeth — no hideous shriekings will there appal the loving ones who watch and weep by the side of him who is dying disconsolate.
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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