guzzling

noun

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

The verdict

“guzzling” is uncommon English (frequency #53,585 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,585
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - greedy eating or drinking

Corpus desk

Index EN-guzzling · guzzling · English

guzzling · rank #53,585 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,585
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH Guyanese

Nearest frequency peer: Guyanese (-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 “guzzling”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “guzzling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for guzzling
PropertyValue
Headwordguzzling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,585
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “guzzling” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).guzzlingfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Guyanese” (#53,584), “gynaecology” (#53,586), “guppy” (#53,583). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “guzzling” is #53,585. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guzzling is uncommon English at frequency #53,585 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "greedy eating or drinking".

guzzling has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is guzzling, spelled G-U-Z-Z-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    greedy eating or drinking

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how guzzling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] there ain't a housekeeper, no nor a lodger in our street, don't know that I lost money by that man, and by his guzzlings […]

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 "guzzling"?
"guzzling" is spelled G-U-Z-Z-L-I-N-G.
What does "guzzling" mean?
As a noun, "guzzling" means: greedy eating or drinking
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list