clocking
"clocking" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clocking” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #33,986 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,986
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A time measurement made according to a clock.
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 | clocking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clocking” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for clocking is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #33,986 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A time measurement made according to a clock.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for clocking, with forms such as "cclocking", "clcoking", and "cllocking". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "coking", "closing", "cooking", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is clocking, spelled C-L-O-C-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A time measurement made according to a clock.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cclocking,clcoking,cllocking,cloccking,clocikng,clockign,clockingg,clockinng,clockking,clocknig,clokcing,colcking,lcocking
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clocking - 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.
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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Using “clocking”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-L-O-C-K-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “coking” - see the side-by-side comparison. clocking vs coking
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.