wilting

verb

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"wilting" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wilting” is uncommon English (frequency #59,125 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,125
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of wilt

Corpus desk

Index EN-wilting · wilting · English

wilting · rank #59,125 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,125
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wilf

Nearest frequency peer: Wilf (-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 “wilting”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “wilting” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wilting
PropertyValue
Headwordwilting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,125
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “wilting” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).wiltingfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Wilf” (#59,124), “wolfie” (#59,126), “whiten” (#59,122). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “wilting” is #59,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wilting is uncommon English at frequency #59,125 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of wilt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wilting, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From wilt + -ing. The correct English form is wilting, spelled W-I-L-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of wilt

Etymology

From wilt + -ing.

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 "wilting"?
"wilting" is spelled W-I-L-T-I-N-G.
What does "wilting" mean?
As a verb, "wilting" means: present participle and gerund of wilt
What is the origin of the word "wilting"?
From wilt + -ing. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wilting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wagoner#59,115wafting#59,114Vulgate#59,112abelian#59,161

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list