boozing
"boozing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“boozing” is uncommon English (frequency #63,471 among 31,241 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,471
- frequency rank, English
- 31,241
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of drinking alcohol heavily.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boozing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,471 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “boozing” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
boozing is uncommon English at frequency #63,471 among 31,241 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of drinking alcohol heavily.".
No misspelling variants are generated for boozing in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 boozing, spelled B-O-O-Z-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of drinking alcohol heavily.
This word in other languages
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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Using “boozing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-O-O-Z-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.