reclining
"reclining" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“reclining” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,554. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,554
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
Corpus desk
Index EN-reclining · reclining · English
reclining · rank #32,554 · 14 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,554
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH recessive
Nearest frequency peer: recessive (-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 “reclining”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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radioactivity
67,451 corpus weight
- Raquel
Raquel
67,449 corpus weight
- recessive
recessive
67,448 corpus weight
- reclining
reclining
67,447 corpus weight
- Redford
Redford
67,446 corpus weight
- reeve
reeve
67,445 corpus weight
What this shows “reclining” 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 | reclining |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “reclining”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around reclining, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #32,554 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for reclining, with forms such as "erclining", "rcelining", and "recclining". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "refining", "reliving", "remaining", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is reclining, spelled R-E-C-L-I-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Capable of being reclined, or moved into a more horizontal position.
- 2Bending away from the perpendicular; recumbent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how reclining appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a reclining armchair
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- erclining
- rcelining
- recclining
- recilning
- recliinng
- reclinign
- recliningg
- reclininng
- reclinnig
- reclinning
- recllining
- reclniing
- relcining
- rreclining
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reclining - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "reclining", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).