harrowing
/ˈhæɹəʊiŋ/
"harrowing" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“harrowing” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,454
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of harrow.
Corpus desk
Index EN-harrowing · harrowing · English
harrowing · rank #26,454 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,454
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH handset
Nearest frequency peer: handset (-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 “harrowing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hairline
hairline
73,550 corpus weight
- handset
handset
73,548 corpus weight
- harrowing
harrowing
73,547 corpus weight
- heiress
heiress
73,545 corpus weight
- hells
hells
73,544 corpus weight
- Herzegovina
Herzegovina
73,543 corpus weight
What this shows “harrowing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harrowing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈhæɹəʊiŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “harrowing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around harrowing (IPA /ˈhæɹəʊiŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,454 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of harrow.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for harrowing, with forms such as "ahrrowing", "harorwing", and "harowing". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, harrow + -ing. The correct English form is harrowing, spelled H-A-R-R-O-W-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of harrow.
Etymology
By surface analysis, harrow + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ahrrowing
- harorwing
- harowing
- harroiwng
- harrowign
- harrowingg
- harrowinng
- harrownig
- harrowwing
- harrwoing
- hharrowing
- hrarowing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of harrowing - 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.
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
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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 (12 here; floor ≥5).