jostling
"jostling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“jostling” is uncommon English (frequency #57,481 among 796 “J” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,481
- frequency rank, English
- 796
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of jostle
Corpus desk
Index EN-jostling · jostling · English
jostling · rank #57,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,481
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 796
- PHOTO-FINISH Josephson
Nearest frequency peer: Josephson (-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 “jostling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- jarl
jarl
42,525 corpus weight
- Jessa
Jessa
42,523 corpus weight
- jokey
jokey
42,522 corpus weight
- Josephson
Josephson
42,521 corpus weight
- jostling
jostling
42,520 corpus weight
- Jungian
Jungian
42,519 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “jostling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jostling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “jostling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
jostling is uncommon English at frequency #57,481 among 796 “J” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of jostle".
No generated misspelling entries exist for jostling in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is jostling, spelled J-O-S-T-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of jostle
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jostling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.
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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