probing
"probing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“probing” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,181. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,181
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That investigates or explores deeply; that attempts to elicit information that is concealed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-probing · probing · English
probing · rank #22,181 · 11 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,181
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH primetime
Nearest frequency peer: primetime (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “probing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- preferential
preferential
77,823 corpus weight
- primetime
primetime
77,821 corpus weight
- probing
probing
77,820 corpus weight
- proc
proc
77,819 corpus weight
- prolong
prolong
77,818 corpus weight
- propane
propane
77,817 corpus weight
What this shows “probing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | probing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “probing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around probing, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,181 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "That investigates or explores deeply; that attempts to elicit information that is concealed.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for probing, with forms such as "porbing", "pprobing", and "prboing". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "prong", "prying", "proving", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is probing, spelled P-R-O-B-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1That investigates or explores deeply; that attempts to elicit information that is concealed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how probing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was unsettled by her probing questions.
He was not sure he wanted too probing an inquiry into the state of his health.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porbing
- pprobing
- prboing
- probbing
- probign
- probingg
- probinng
- probnig
- proibng
- prrobing
- rpobing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of probing - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "probing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).