bellowing
"bellowing" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bellowing” is uncommon English (frequency #50,966 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,966
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The sound produced when someone or something bellows
Corpus desk
Index EN-bellowing · bellowing · English
bellowing · rank #50,966 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,966
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Belvoir
Nearest frequency peer: Belvoir (+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 “bellowing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- beefed
beefed
49,038 corpus weight
- Bellagio
Bellagio
49,037 corpus weight
- bellowing
bellowing
49,035 corpus weight
- Belvoir
Belvoir
49,034 corpus weight
- berra
berra
49,033 corpus weight
- bestest
bestest
49,032 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “bellowing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bellowing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,966 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “bellowing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
bellowing is uncommon English at frequency #50,966 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The sound produced when someone or something bellows".
bellowing doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 bellowing, spelled B-E-L-L-O-W-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The sound produced when someone or something bellows
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how bellowing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The cries of applause and derision from the spectators, and the formidable bellowings of the exasperated monks who surrounded Pachymius, did not tend to steady his nerves, or render the task of critical discrimination the easier.
Incessant bellowings fill all the earth, Mingled with inextinguishable mirth.
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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