dribbling
/ˈdɹɪblɪŋ/
"dribbling" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dribbling” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,958. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,958
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An amount of liquid that is dribbled.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dribbling · dribbling · English
dribbling · rank #31,958 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,958
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dost
Nearest frequency peer: dost (-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 “dribbling”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- disservice
disservice
68,046 corpus weight
- distaste
distaste
68,045 corpus weight
- dost
dost
68,044 corpus weight
- dribbling
dribbling
68,043 corpus weight
- Dryden
Dryden
68,042 corpus weight
- Durango
Durango
68,041 corpus weight
What this shows “dribbling” 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 | dribbling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɹɪblɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,958 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dribbling”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around dribbling (IPA /ˈdɹɪblɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,958 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for dribbling, with forms such as "ddribbling", "dirbbling", and "drbibling". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "drilling", "dabbling", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 dribbling, spelled D-R-I-B-B-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1An amount of liquid that is dribbled.
- 2The act of dribbling.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dribbling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In dry weather, when plants are drawn out of the seed bed, and planted with a common dibber, receiving daily dribblings of water, many will perish, and all are materially injured.
From the mouth you early observe a dribbling of saliva of a sticky nature and mixed with air, and of a disagreeable fetor […]
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddribbling
- dirbbling
- drbibling
- dribbilng
- dribblign
- dribblingg
- dribblinng
- dribblling
- dribblnig
- driblbing
- dribling
- drribbling
- rdibbling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dribbling - 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 "dribbling", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).