buzzing
/ˈbʌzɪŋ/
"buzzing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“buzzing” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,015. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,015
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gerund of buzz
Corpus desk
Index EN-buzzing · buzzing · English
buzzing · rank #12,015 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,015
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Bronx
Nearest frequency peer: Bronx (-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 “buzzing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- booze
booze
87,989 corpus weight
- Brennan
Brennan
87,988 corpus weight
- Bronx
Bronx
87,987 corpus weight
- buzzing
buzzing
87,986 corpus weight
- caliber
caliber
87,985 corpus weight
- CBD
CBD
87,984 corpus weight
What this shows “buzzing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | buzzing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbʌzɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,015 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “buzzing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around buzzing (IPA /ˈbʌzɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,015 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for buzzing, with forms such as "bbuzzing", "buzing", and "buzizng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "buying", "burning", "blazing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From buzz + -ing. The correct English form is buzzing, spelled B-U-Z-Z-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1gerund of buzz
- 2The sound produced by something that buzzes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how buzzing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Surely it is an yl miſorder yͭ folk ſhalbe walking vp & down in the ſermon time (as I haue ſene in this place this Lent: & there ſhalbe ſuch huſſyng & buſſyng in the preachers eare, that it maketh hym oftentymes to forget his matter.
I can hear buzzing coming from the television.
Etymology
From buzz + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbuzzing
- buzing
- buzizng
- buzzign
- buzzingg
- buzzinng
- buzznig
- bzuzing
- ubzzing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of buzzing - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "buzzing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).