jobbing

noun

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"jobbing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“jobbing” is uncommon English (frequency #72,449 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,449
frequency rank, English
796
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Buying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading.

Corpus desk

Index EN-jobbing · jobbing · English

jobbing · rank #72,449 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,449
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 796
  • PHOTO-FINISH Jocasta

Nearest frequency peer: Jocasta (+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 “jobbing”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for jobbing
PropertyValue
Headwordjobbing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,449
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “jobbing” 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).jobbingfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “Jocasta” (#72,450), “Kadir” (#72,453), “Jamila” (#72,443). Among 796 “J” headwords, “jobbing” is #72,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

jobbing is uncommon English at frequency #72,449 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for jobbing, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is jobbing, spelled J-O-B-B-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Buying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading.
  2. 2
    The fact or practice of using a public office or other position of trust for personal gain.
  3. 3
    Work carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. It is through the power of Paris, now become the center and focus of jobbing, that the leaders of this faction direct, or rather command the whole legislative and the whole executive government.
  2. We have not lost sight of the various proceedings, appointments, jobbings, &c, at University College.

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 "jobbing"?
"jobbing" is spelled J-O-B-B-I-N-G.
What does "jobbing" mean?
As a noun, "jobbing" means: Buying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading.
What language does "jobbing" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Jocasta#72,450Kidston#72,464Lamarck#72,480Lautner#72,483

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list