assembling

verb

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"assembling" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“assembling” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,760. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,760
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-assembling · assembling · English

assembling · rank #18,760 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,760
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH archipelago

Nearest frequency peer: archipelago (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “assembling”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “assembling” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for assembling
PropertyValue
Headwordassembling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Frequency rank#18,760
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “assembling”

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).assemblinglands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “archipelago” (#18,759), “bailed” (#18,761), “Barkley” (#18,762). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “assembling” is #18,760. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around assembling, averb. Corpus frequency is #18,760 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of assemble".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for assembling, with forms such as "asembling", "asesmbling", and "assebmling". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is assembling, spelled A-S-S-E-M-B-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of assemble

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how assembling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. She worked all night assembling the bicycle, but she succeeded.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asembling
  • asesmbling
  • assebmling
  • assembbling
  • assembilng
  • assemblign
  • assemblingg
  • assemblinng
  • assemblling
  • assemblnig
  • assemlbing
  • assemmbling
  • assmebling
  • sasembling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of assembling - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asembling1asesmbling2assebmling2assembbling1assembilng2assemblign2assemblingg1assemblinng1
Edit distance from "assembling"

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 "assembling"?
"assembling" is spelled A-S-S-E-M-B-L-I-N-G.
What does "assembling" mean?
As a verb, "assembling" means: present participle and gerund of assemble
What are common misspellings of "assembling"?
Common misspellings include "asembling", "asesmbling", "assebmling", "assembbling", "assembilng". The correct spelling is "assembling".
What language does "assembling" come from?
"assembling" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

dashboard14 variantsdegenerate14 variantsexcursion14 variantssincerity14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list