subletting

noun

"subletting" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“subletting” is uncommon English (frequency #81,869 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,869
frequency rank, English
54,294
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of sublease.

Key facts for subletting
PropertyValue
Headwordsubletting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#81,869
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “subletting” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). subletting lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

subletting is uncommon English at frequency #81,869 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of sublease.".

Zero misspellings are on record for subletting in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is subletting, spelled S-U-B-L-E-T-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of sublease.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "subletting"?
"subletting" is spelled S-U-B-L-E-T-T-I-N-G.
What does "subletting" mean?
As a noun, "subletting" means: Synonym of sublease.
What language does "subletting" come from?
"subletting" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “subletting”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-U-B-L-E-T-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list