combing
"combing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“combing” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,873. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,873
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act by which something is combed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-combing · combing · English
combing · rank #28,873 · 11 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,873
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH colorectal
Nearest frequency peer: colorectal (-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 “combing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- clippings
clippings
71,131 corpus weight
- coll
coll
71,130 corpus weight
- colorectal
colorectal
71,129 corpus weight
- combing
combing
71,128 corpus weight
- commendation
commendation
71,127 corpus weight
- congratulat…
congratulating
71,124 corpus weight
What this shows “combing” 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 | combing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “combing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around combing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,873 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 combing, with forms such as "ccombing", "cmobing", and "cobming". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "coming", "coping", "Corbin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is combing, spelled C-O-M-B-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act by which something is combed.
- 2Individual hairs that drop out when the hair is combed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how combing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My hair needs frequent combings; otherwise, it gets matted.
Weiner had prepared a rape test kit, taking swabs and smears orally, rectally, vaginally, anorectally, and paravaginally. He'd also collected blood, head and pubic hair combings, and left and right fingernail clippings.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccombing
- cmobing
- cobming
- combbing
- combign
- combingg
- combinng
- combnig
- comibng
- commbing
- ocmbing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of combing - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "combing", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).