reforming

noun

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"reforming" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“reforming” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,752. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,752
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - reformation

Corpus desk

Index EN-reforming · reforming · English

reforming · rank #20,752 · 14 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,752
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH recruiter

Nearest frequency peer: recruiter (-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 “reforming”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “reforming” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

reforming vs reporting
78% similar
reforming vs reformist
78% similar
reforming vs reworking
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for reforming
PropertyValue
Headwordreforming
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,752
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “reforming”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).reforminglands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “recruiter” (#20,751), “reload” (#20,753), “reckoned” (#20,750). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “reforming” is #20,752. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around reforming, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,752 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 reforming, with forms such as "erforming", "refforming", and "refomring". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "reporting", "reformist", "reworking", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is reforming, spelled R-E-F-O-R-M-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    reformation
  2. 2
    A catalytic process, whereby short-chain molecules are combined to make larger ones; used in the petrochemical industry.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In the course of the present Five Year Plan period (1966-1970) it is planned to complete nine big units for primary processing and 15 catalytic reformings.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erforming
  • refforming
  • refomring
  • reforimng
  • reformign
  • reformingg
  • reforminng
  • reformming
  • reformnig
  • reforrming
  • refroming
  • reofrming
  • rfeorming
  • rreforming

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of reforming - 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.

erforming2refforming1refomring2reforimng2reformign2reformingg1reforminng1reformming1
Edit distance from "reforming"

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 "reforming"?
"reforming" is spelled R-E-F-O-R-M-I-N-G.
What does "reforming" mean?
As a noun, "reforming" means: reformation
What words are commonly confused with "reforming"?
"reforming" is commonly confused with "reporting", "reformist", "reworking". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "reforming" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recruiter#20,751repressed#20,756secretive#20,767serotonin#20,769

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

preoccupied14 variantsorthodoxy14 variantsspeechless14 variantsmercenary14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list