corroborating
"corroborating" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corroborating” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,548. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,548
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - supporting
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 | corroborating |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #47,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “corroborating” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around corroborating, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,548 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "supporting".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for corroborating, with forms such as "ccorroborating", "coroborating", and "cororborating". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "corroboration", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is corroborating, spelled C-O-R-R-O-B-O-R-A-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1supporting
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccorroborating
- coroborating
- cororborating
- corrboorating
- corrobborating
- corroboarting
- corroboraitng
- corroboratign
- corroboratingg
- corroboratinng
- corroboratnig
- corroboratting
- corroborrating
- corrobortaing
- corrobroating
- corroobrating
- croroborating
- ocrroborating
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of corroborating - 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 “corroborating”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-R-O-B-O-R-A-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “corroboration” - see the side-by-side comparison. corroborating vs corroboration
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.