buffering
"buffering" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buffering” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,887. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,887
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The use of a buffer.
Corpus desk
Index EN-buffering · buffering · English
buffering · rank #31,887 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,887
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH brotherly
Nearest frequency peer: brotherly (-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 “buffering”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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68,116 corpus weight
- brotherly
brotherly
68,115 corpus weight
- buffering
buffering
68,114 corpus weight
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bugle
68,113 corpus weight
- bumblebee
bumblebee
68,112 corpus weight
- Burch
Burch
68,111 corpus weight
What this shows “buffering” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buffering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “buffering”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around buffering, anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,887 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The use of a buffer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for buffering, with forms such as "bbuffering", "bfufering", and "bufefring". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists 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 buffering, spelled B-U-F-F-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The use of a buffer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how buffering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Based on these requirements, the most practical bufferings for intrabuilding cabling are tight buffer and composite buffer. Both of these buffering designs are readily connectorized and offer small bend radii […]
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbuffering
- bfufering
- bufefring
- bufering
- buffeirng
- bufferign
- bufferingg
- bufferinng
- buffernig
- bufferring
- buffreing
- ubffering
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buffering - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).