rolling
/ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/
"rolling" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rolling” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,194. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,194
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rolling · rolling · English
rolling · rank #3,194 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,194
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH reputation
Nearest frequency peer: reputation (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rolling”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- purchased
purchased
96,810 corpus weight
- recognition
recognition
96,809 corpus weight
- reputation
reputation
96,808 corpus weight
- rolling
rolling
96,807 corpus weight
- shortly
shortly
96,806 corpus weight
- situations
situations
96,805 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rolling” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | rolling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rolling” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around rolling (IPA /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,194 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for rolling, with forms such as "orlling", "rloling", and "rolilng". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ruling", "rowing", "roving", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, roll + -ing. The correct English form is rolling, spelled R-O-L-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering.
- 2Staggered in time and space.
- 3Moving by turning over and over about an axis.
- 4Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape).
- 5Making a continuous sound.
- 6Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”).
- 7having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven.
- 8Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rolling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
on a rolling basis
a 90-day rolling business plan
Etymology
By surface analysis, roll + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- orlling
- rloling
- rolilng
- roling
- rollign
- rollingg
- rollinng
- rollnig
- rrolling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rolling - 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
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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 (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "rolling" maps to 18 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ruling". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,194 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.