mobbing
"mobbing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mobbing” is uncommon English (frequency #73,445 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,445
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The aggressive behaviour of a group of animals on another individual (especially a predator).
Corpus desk
Index EN-mobbing · mobbing · English
mobbing · rank #73,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,445
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH molle
Nearest frequency peer: molle (+3 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 “mobbing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- minny
minny
26,561 corpus weight
- mobbing
mobbing
26,556 corpus weight
- molle
molle
26,553 corpus weight
- Moncada
Moncada
26,551 corpus weight
- monosyllabic
monosyllabic
26,549 corpus weight
- moonbeam
moonbeam
26,548 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mobbing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mobbing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,445 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mobbing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mobbing is uncommon English at frequency #73,445 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mobbing in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is mobbing, spelled M-O-B-B-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The aggressive behaviour of a group of animals on another individual (especially a predator).
- 2Group bullying.
- 3Mob programming.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mobbing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As in the Salem Witch Hunt mobbings, the McMartin Preschool Sexual Abuse Case mobbings also provides^([sic]) an opportunity for analyzing what could have been done, but wasn't, to stop a relentless social process that hurt everyone in its wake[…]
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).