slanting
/ˈslæntɪŋ/
"slanting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slanting” is an uncommon English word, ranked #71,107 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #71,107
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slanting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈslæntɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “slanting” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for slanting is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈslæntɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #71,107 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for slanting in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is slanting, spelled S-L-A-N-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
This word in other languages
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 “slanting”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-L-A-N-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈslæntɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.