hobbling
"hobbling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hobbling” is uncommon English (frequency #62,972 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,972
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gerund of hobble: the movement of one who hobbles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hobbling · hobbling · English
hobbling · rank #62,972 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,972
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Hispaniola
Nearest frequency peer: Hispaniola (-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 “hobbling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Hindmarsh
Hindmarsh
37,031 corpus weight
- Hispaniola
Hispaniola
37,030 corpus weight
- hobbling
hobbling
37,029 corpus weight
- Hodgkinson
Hodgkinson
37,028 corpus weight
- Hoey
Hoey
37,027 corpus weight
- holodeck
holodeck
37,026 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “hobbling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hobbling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hobbling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hobbling is uncommon English at frequency #62,972 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gerund of hobble: the movement of one who hobbles.".
Zero misspellings are on record for hobbling in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hobble + -ing. The correct English form is hobbling, spelled H-O-B-B-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1gerund of hobble: the movement of one who hobbles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hobbling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ye Goblins and Fairys, / With Frisks and Vagarys, / Ye Fairys and Goblins, / With Hoppings and Hoblings, / Come all, come all / To Sir Roger’s great Hall.
Etymology
From hobble + -ing.
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).