marshalling

noun

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"marshalling" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“marshalling” is uncommon English (frequency #58,177 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,177
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, which is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of ...

Corpus desk

Index EN-marshalling · marshalling · English

marshalling · rank #58,177 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,177
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Maryville

Nearest frequency peer: Maryville (+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 “marshalling”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for marshalling
PropertyValue
Headwordmarshalling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#58,177
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “marshalling” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).marshallingfalls 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: “Maryville” (#58,178), “masochism” (#58,180), “Mathur” (#58,181). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “marshalling” is #58,177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

marshalling is uncommon English at frequency #58,177 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for marshalling, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is marshalling, spelled M-A-R-S-H-A-L-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The process of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data format suitable for storage or transmission, which is typically used when data must be moved between different parts of a computer program, or from one program to another.
  2. 2
    The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.
  3. 3
    The sorting of rolling stock in a marshalling yard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. It is the first British yard in which every activity of hump marshalling, except for the driving of the hump locomotive and the uncoupling and coupling of wagons, is fully automatic or drastically simplified by modern aids.
  2. He wanted to see less marshalling of trains, and a move away from a culture that allowed 85% of a wagon's life to be spent "empty, being used as storage bins for goods or in sidings as coal scuttles".

This word in other languages

Marshalling(Deutsch)

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

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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

judiciously#58,126inattention#58,103overhearing#58,260hooliganism#58,085

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list