clambering
"clambering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clambering” is uncommon English (frequency #75,729 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,729
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who clambers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clambering · clambering · English
clambering · rank #75,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,729
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH circumnavigat…
Nearest frequency peer: circumnavigation (-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 “clambering”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- chitosan
chitosan
24,277 corpus weight
- Chuka
Chuka
24,275 corpus weight
- churlish
churlish
24,274 corpus weight
- circumnavig…
circumnavigation
24,273 corpus weight
- clambering
clambering
24,272 corpus weight
- clampdown
clampdown
24,271 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “clambering” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clambering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “clambering” in English
Rare enough to double-check
clambering is uncommon English at frequency #75,729 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of one who clambers.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for clambering, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented 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 clambering, spelled C-L-A-M-B-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of one who clambers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clambering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was his hope that he should find something of archaeologic compensation for his clamberings. He found Noah's Ark.
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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