wadding
/ˈwɒdɪŋ/
"wadding" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wadding” is uncommon English (frequency #87,979 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,979
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wads collectively.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wadding · wadding · English
wadding · rank #87,979 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,979
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 12,113
- PHOTO-FINISH waggle
Nearest frequency peer: waggle (+2 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 “wadding”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Villani
Villani
12,029 corpus weight
- violoncello
violoncello
12,028 corpus weight
- virgina
virgina
12,026 corpus weight
- wadding
wadding
12,022 corpus weight
- waggle
waggle
12,020 corpus weight
- wch
wch
12,016 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “wadding” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wadding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɒdɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wadding” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
wadding is uncommon English at frequency #87,979 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɒdɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for wadding in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wad + -ing (“material, collection”). The correct English form is wadding, spelled W-A-D-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Wads collectively.
- 2Soft, fibrous cotton or wool used to make a wad, or as a packaging material.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wadding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She slipped a hand into her kerchief pocket and took out the wadding and waved in reply of course without letting him and then slipped it back.
Etymology
From wad + -ing (“material, collection”).
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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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.