lowing

/ˈləʊɪŋ/

//ˈləʊɪŋ// verb

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"lowing" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“lowing” is uncommon English (frequency #78,792 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,792
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of low

Corpus desk

Index EN-lowing · lowing · English

lowing · rank #78,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,792
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH lovat

Nearest frequency peer: lovat (-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 “lowing”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for lowing
PropertyValue
Headwordlowing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈləʊɪŋ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,792
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “lowing” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).lowingfalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “lovat” (#78,791), “LTM” (#78,793), “luan” (#78,794). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “lowing” is #78,792. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

lowing is uncommon English at frequency #78,792 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈləʊɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of low".

No generated misspelling entries exist for lowing in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is lowing, spelled L-O-W-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of low

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes.
  2. a. 1882, anonymous, "Away In a Manger" But little Lord Jesus, no crying he makes.

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 "lowing"?
"lowing" is spelled L-O-W-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈləʊɪŋ/.
What does "lowing" mean?
As a verb, "lowing" means: present participle and gerund of low
How do you pronounce "lowing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lowing" is /ˈləʊɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

macula#78,799Levert#78,780lavage#78,773kowtow#78,761

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list