slating
"slating" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slating” is uncommon English (frequency #99,871 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,871
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Slates collectively.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slating · slating · English
slating · rank #99,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,871
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sleepyhead
Nearest frequency peer: sleepyhead (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “slating”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Siliguri
Siliguri
137 corpus weight
- Sindy
Sindy
136 corpus weight
- sinter
sinter
135 corpus weight
- slating
slating
130 corpus weight
- sleepyhead
sleepyhead
127 corpus weight
- snaffle
snaffle
125 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “slating” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slating |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “slating” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
slating is uncommon English at frequency #99,871 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for slating in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 slating, spelled S-L-A-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Slates collectively.
- 2Material for slating.
- 3A harsh criticism.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how slating appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His new book got a real slating.
"Ever been to a meeting before, sir?" "No," said Malone. "Don't know much about it, I expect." "No, I don't." "Well, well, we must expect a slating."
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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