transplanting
"transplanting" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“transplanting” is uncommon English (frequency #55,821 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,821
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - transplantation
Corpus desk
Index EN-transplanting · transplanting · English
transplanting · rank #55,821 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,821
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH tranche
Nearest frequency peer: tranche (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “transplanting”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- TPM
TPM
44,184 corpus weight
- trainspotti…
trainspotting
44,182 corpus weight
- tranche
tranche
44,181 corpus weight
- transplanti…
transplanting
44,180 corpus weight
- travelogue
travelogue
44,178 corpus weight
- triathlete
triathlete
44,177 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “transplanting” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transplanting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #55,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transplanting” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
transplanting is uncommon English at frequency #55,821 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "transplantation".
No generated misspelling entries exist for transplanting in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 transplanting, spelled T-R-A-N-S-P-L-A-N-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1transplantation
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "transplanting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency 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.