robbing

noun

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"robbing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“robbing” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,707
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-robbing · robbing · English

robbing · rank #17,707 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,707
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH rightful

Nearest frequency peer: rightful (-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 “robbing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “robbing” 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).

robbing vs robin
71% similar
robbing vs rowing
71% similar
robbing vs roving
71% similar

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

Key facts for robbing
PropertyValue
Headwordrobbing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,707
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “robbing”

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).robbinglands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “rightful” (#17,706), “royale” (#17,708), “rhetorical” (#17,705). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “robbing” is #17,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around robbing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,707 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "robbery".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for robbing, with forms such as "orbbing", "rbobing", and "robbign". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "robin", "rowing", "roving", 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 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 robbing, spelled R-O-B-B-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    robbery

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Consider the first, allegedly contrastive fact, that there were some bank robbings by Sutton rather than no robbings at all by Sutton.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • orbbing
  • rbobing
  • robbign
  • robbingg
  • robbinng
  • robbnig
  • robibng
  • robing
  • rrobbing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

orbbing2rbobing2robbign2robbingg1robbinng1robbnig2robibng2robing1
Edit distance from "robbing"

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 "robbing"?
"robbing" is spelled R-O-B-B-I-N-G.
What does "robbing" mean?
As a noun, "robbing" means: robbery
What words are commonly confused with "robbing"?
"robbing" is commonly confused with "robin", "rowing", "roving". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "robbing" come from?
"robbing" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

savages#17,711Senegal#17,714Shapiro#17,716shorten#17,718

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

resent9 variantsMarianne9 variantsMadras9 variantsjogging9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list