childbearing

Name: childbearing, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“childbearing” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,839
frequency rank, English: 5,599
“C” headwords: 19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.

Corpus desk

Index EN-childbearing · childbearing · English

childbearing · rank #45,839 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #45,839
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 19 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,599
PHOTO-FINISH chippy

Nearest frequency peer: chippy (+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.

CELTA

54,165
centrality

54,164
childbearing

54,162
chippy

54,161
chives

54,160
Chua

54,158

What this shows “childbearing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Key facts for childbearing
Property	Value
Headword	childbearing
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#45,839
Misspellings tracked	19
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “childbearing”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).childbearinglands here:

#45,839

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “chippy” (#45,840), “centrality” (#45,837), “chives” (#45,841). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “childbearing” is #45,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around childbearing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,839 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for childbearing, with forms such as "cchildbearing", "chhildbearing", and "chidlbearing". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing. The correct English form is childbearing, spelled C-H-I-L-D-B-E-A-R-I-N-G.

Definition

1
The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

From the Swedish returns (1776-1855) it appears that 100 childbearings produced 101.62 children, viz., 2.82 stillborn, 98.80 quickborn; consequently 100 quickborn children imply 101.21 childbearings.

Etymology

From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing.

This word in other languages

embarazo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

cchildbearing
chhildbearing
chidlbearing
chilbdearing
childbaering
childbbearing
childbeairng
childbearign
childbearingg
childbearinng
childbearnig
childbearring
childberaing
childdbearing
childebaring
chilldbearing
chlidbearing
cihldbearing
hcildbearing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of childbearing - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "childbearing"

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 "childbearing"?

"childbearing" is spelled C-H-I-L-D-B-E-A-R-I-N-G.

What does "childbearing" mean?

As a noun, "childbearing" means: The process of giving birth; pregnancy and parturition.

What are common misspellings of "childbearing"?

Common misspellings include "cchildbearing", "chhildbearing", "chidlbearing", "chilbdearing", "childbaering". The correct spelling is "childbearing".

What is the origin of the word "childbearing"?

From Middle English childberyng, childbering, chyldberynge, child berynge. By surface analysis, child + bearing. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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