drizzling
"drizzling" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“drizzling” is uncommon English (frequency #65,850 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,850
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of drizzle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-drizzling · drizzling · English
drizzling · rank #65,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,850
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Drogheda
Nearest frequency peer: Drogheda (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “drizzling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- dobbin
dobbin
34,158 corpus weight
- Docherty
Docherty
34,157 corpus weight
- Dongguan
Dongguan
34,156 corpus weight
- doody
doody
34,154 corpus weight
- drizzling
drizzling
34,151 corpus weight
- Drogheda
Drogheda
34,150 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “drizzling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | drizzling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,850 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “drizzling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
drizzling is uncommon English at frequency #65,850 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of drizzle.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for drizzling, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 drizzling, spelled D-R-I-Z-Z-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of drizzle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how drizzling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]
The stone-cutters of Chiang-hsi crawl up the steep mountain sides before sunrise, have their food sent up in buckets, themselves returning after sunset, while all day long through fog and even in the drizzling rain may be heard the steady click of their chisels.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "drizzling"?
What does "drizzling" mean?
What language does "drizzling" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drizzling", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).