drumming

/ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/

//ˈdɹʌmɪŋ// noun

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"drumming" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“drumming” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,780
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of beating a drum.

Corpus desk

Index EN-drumming · drumming · English

drumming · rank #21,780 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,780
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH Drummond

Nearest frequency peer: Drummond (+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 “drumming”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “drumming” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

drumming vs dumping
75% similar
drumming vs Drummond
63% similar
drumming vs dimming
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for drumming
PropertyValue
Headworddrumming
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,780
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “drumming”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).drumminglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Drummond” (#21,781), “Djokovic” (#21,778), “diversification” (#21,777). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “drumming” is #21,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around drumming (IPA /ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,780 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for drumming, with forms such as "ddrumming", "drmuming", and "drrumming". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "dumping", "Drummond", "dimming", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is drumming, spelled D-R-U-M-M-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of beating a drum.
  2. 2
    A noise resembling that of a drum being beaten.
  3. 3
    In many species of catfish, the sound produced by contraction of specialized sonic muscles with subsequent reverberation through the swim bladder.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddrumming
  • drmuming
  • drrumming
  • drumimng
  • druming
  • drummign
  • drummingg
  • drumminng
  • drummnig
  • durmming
  • rdumming

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of drumming - 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.

ddrumming1drmuming2drrumming1drumimng2druming1drummign2drummingg1drumminng1
Edit distance from "drumming"

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 "drumming"?
"drumming" is spelled D-R-U-M-M-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/.
What does "drumming" mean?
As a noun, "drumming" means: The act of beating a drum.
What words are commonly confused with "drumming"?
"drumming" is commonly confused with "dumping", "Drummond", "dimming". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "drumming"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "drumming" is /ˈdɹʌmɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "drumming" come from?
"drumming" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "drumming", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Drummond#21,781Djokovic#21,778eighties#21,784despised#21,773

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

familial11 variantsfishery11 variantsfullback11 variantsHodgson11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list