ring

Where “ring” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   A solid object in the shape of a circle.
2. 2
   A solid object in the shape of a circle.
3. 3
   A solid object in the shape of a circle.
4. 4
   A solid object in the shape of a circle.
5. 5
   A solid object in the shape of a circle.
6. 6
   A solid object in the shape of a circle.
7. 7
   A solid object in the shape of a circle.
8. 8
   A solid object in the shape of a circle.
9. 9
   A solid object in the shape of a circle.
10. 10
    A group of objects arranged in a circle.
11. 11
    A group of objects arranged in a circle.
12. 12
    A group of objects arranged in a circle.
13. 13
    A long stripe of contrastive material, colour, etc, that encircles something.
14. 14
    Ellipsis of webring.
15. 15
    A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
16. 16
    A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
17. 17
    An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
18. 18
    A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
19. 19
    A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
20. 20
    A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
21. 21
    An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
22. 22
    A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
23. 23
    Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
24. 24
    The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
25. 25
    A network topology where connected devices form a circular data channel. All computers on the ring can see every message, and there are no collisions, and a single point of failure will occur if any part of the ring breaks.

Etymology

From Middle English ryng, from Old English hring (“ring, circle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-, extended nasalized form of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Doublet of rank and rink, as well as indirectly range. Cognates * West Frisian ring * Low German Ring * Dutch ring * German Ring * Swedish ring * Finnish rengas More distantly cognate with Proto-Slavic *krǫgъ (whence Bulgarian кръг (krǎg), Polish krąg, Russian круг (krug)).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

• irng
• rign
• ringg
• rinng
• rnig
• rring

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

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Similar English words by spelling shape

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