hassling
"hassling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hassling” is uncommon English (frequency #78,667 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,667
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who hassles; harassment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hassling · hassling · English
hassling · rank #78,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,667
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH haplogroup
Nearest frequency peer: haplogroup (-4 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 “hassling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- guzzle
guzzle
21,347 corpus weight
- habituation
habituation
21,344 corpus weight
- hajji
hajji
21,341 corpus weight
- haplogroup
haplogroup
21,338 corpus weight
- hassling
hassling
21,334 corpus weight
- hemodynamic
hemodynamic
21,325 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hassling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hassling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hassling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hassling is uncommon English at frequency #78,667 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of one who hassles; harassment.".
hassling doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is hassling, spelled H-A-S-S-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of one who hassles; harassment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hassling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But the bad drugs, the strychnine poisonings and the hasslings of women provided some cause for concern about the identification of rock culture with revolution.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).