whinging
/ˈ(h)wɪŋɪŋ/
"whinging" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“whinging” is uncommon English (frequency #67,954 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,954
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of whing
Corpus desk
Index EN-whinging · whinging · English
whinging · rank #67,954 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,954
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Whitelaw
Nearest frequency peer: Whitelaw (+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 “whinging”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- waken
waken
32,054 corpus weight
- welled
welled
32,051 corpus weight
- whinging
whinging
32,047 corpus weight
- Whitelaw
Whitelaw
32,046 corpus weight
- windbreaker
windbreaker
32,044 corpus weight
- Winstone
Winstone
32,043 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “whinging” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | whinging |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈ(h)wɪŋɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “whinging” in English
Rare enough to double-check
whinging is uncommon English at frequency #67,954 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈ(h)wɪŋɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of whing".
whinging doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. The correct English form is whinging, spelled W-H-I-N-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of whing
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).