clogging
"clogging" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“clogging” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,326. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,326
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The situation of something being clogged.
Corpus desk
Index EN-clogging · clogging · English
clogging · rank #32,326 · 11 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,326
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH clenched
Nearest frequency peer: clenched (-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 “clogging”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- clamping
clamping
67,678 corpus weight
- clashing
clashing
67,677 corpus weight
- clenched
clenched
67,676 corpus weight
- clogging
clogging
67,675 corpus weight
- clove
clove
67,674 corpus weight
- columbine
columbine
67,673 corpus weight
What this shows “clogging” 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 | clogging |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #32,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “clogging”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around clogging, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,326 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for clogging, with forms such as "cclogging", "clgoging", and "cllogging". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "closing", "cloning", "clothing", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is clogging, spelled C-L-O-G-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The situation of something being clogged.
- 2The material that clogs or obstructs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how clogging appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This feature has been found effective in reducing injector trouble, resulting either from the clogging of sieves or the choking of the annular orifices of the injectors by fine particles of coal.
The biofilm is allowed to develop uninhibited which leads to local cloggings.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cclogging
- clgoging
- cllogging
- cloggign
- cloggingg
- clogginng
- cloggnig
- clogigng
- cloging
- colgging
- lcogging
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of clogging - 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 "clogging", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).