hollowing
/ˈhɒləʊɪŋ/
"hollowing" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hollowing” is uncommon English (frequency #75,048 among 23,837 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,048
- frequency rank, English
- 23,837
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of hollow
Corpus desk
Index EN-hollowing · hollowing · English
hollowing · rank #75,048 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,048
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 23,837
- PHOTO-FINISH homocysteine
Nearest frequency peer: homocysteine (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “hollowing”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Hira
Hira
24,958 corpus weight
- Hirai
Hirai
24,957 corpus weight
- hollowing
hollowing
24,953 corpus weight
- homocysteine
homocysteine
24,952 corpus weight
- Honorius
Honorius
24,951 corpus weight
- Hopman
Hopman
24,950 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “hollowing” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hollowing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈhɒləʊɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hollowing” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hollowing is uncommon English at frequency #75,048 among 23,837 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈhɒləʊɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of hollow".
Zero misspellings are on record for hollowing in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hollow. The correct English form is hollowing, spelled H-O-L-L-O-W-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of hollow
Etymology
From hollow.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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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).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.