buffeting
"buffeting" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buffeting” is uncommon English (frequency #87,102 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,102
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A blow or motion that buffets.
Corpus desk
Index EN-buffeting · buffeting · English
buffeting · rank #87,102 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,102
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Buna
Nearest frequency peer: Buna (+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 “buffeting”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- braai
braai
12,906 corpus weight
- Bretons
Bretons
12,903 corpus weight
- Brockville
Brockville
12,901 corpus weight
- buffeting
buffeting
12,899 corpus weight
- Buna
Buna
12,898 corpus weight
- Buri
Buri
12,896 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “buffeting” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buffeting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,102 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “buffeting” in English
Rare enough to double-check
buffeting is uncommon English at frequency #87,102 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for buffeting, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 buffeting, spelled B-U-F-F-E-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A blow or motion that buffets.
- 2random, irregular motion of the plane or of one of its parts caused by turbulences in the airflow
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how buffeting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Though still early in the afternoon, the ceaseless buffetings of a most tempestuous wind made us feel weary […]
He suspected it was mainly for this that he married her, to be his shield against the world’s buffetings.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).