tantalising
"tantalising" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tantalising” is uncommon English (frequency #66,338 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,338
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of tantalizing.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tantalising · tantalising · English
tantalising · rank #66,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,338
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH taxman
Nearest frequency peer: taxman (+1 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 “tantalising”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tailwind
tailwind
33,668 corpus weight
- Takeuchi
Takeuchi
33,667 corpus weight
- tantalising
tantalising
33,663 corpus weight
- taxman
taxman
33,662 corpus weight
- Telfer
Telfer
33,659 corpus weight
- temptress
temptress
33,658 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tantalising” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tantalising |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tantalising” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tantalising is uncommon English at frequency #66,338 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of tantalizing.".
tantalising doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is tantalising, spelled T-A-N-T-A-L-I-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of tantalizing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tantalising appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The first Grand Slam showpiece between the two dominant players on the ATP Tour had been a tantalising prospect - and it surpassed the hype.
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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