bottoming

noun

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"bottoming" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bottoming” is uncommon English (frequency #59,915 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,915
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of something that bottoms; the point at which something bottoms (in various senses).

Corpus desk

Index EN-bottoming · bottoming · English

bottoming · rank #59,915 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,915
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bord

Nearest frequency peer: bord (-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 “bottoming”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for bottoming
PropertyValue
Headwordbottoming
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#59,915
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “bottoming” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).bottomingfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “bord” (#59,914), “Bouvier” (#59,916), “boof” (#59,912). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “bottoming” is #59,915. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bottoming is uncommon English at frequency #59,915 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for bottoming in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is bottoming, spelled B-O-T-T-O-M-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of something that bottoms; the point at which something bottoms (in various senses).
  2. 2
    A foundation (literal and figurative senses).
  3. 3
    Material used to line the bottom of something.
  4. 4
    A substance used to prepare a material for dyeing.
  5. 5
    Residue left at the bottom of something.
  6. 6
    The contouring of the wooden seat of a chair.
  7. 7
    The act of thoroughly cleaning something.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. In the course of this investigation, it was learned that the mean number of bottomings per second could be calculated theoretically […]
  2. A hundred and fifty yards from its bottoming, the cliff trail squeezed between a pair of portal rocks.

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 "bottoming"?
"bottoming" is spelled B-O-T-T-O-M-I-N-G.
What does "bottoming" mean?
As a noun, "bottoming" means: The act of something that bottoms; the point at which something bottoms (in various senses).
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bradfield#59,918Brantford#59,920breakeven#59,922bentonite#59,892

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list