ruffling
"ruffling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ruffling” is uncommon English (frequency #74,469 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,469
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The action of the verb ruffle
Corpus desk
Index EN-ruffling · ruffling · English
ruffling · rank #74,469 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,469
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rud
Nearest frequency peer: rud (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “ruffling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- RSP
RSP
25,536 corpus weight
- ruckman
ruckman
25,534 corpus weight
- rud
rud
25,533 corpus weight
- ruffling
ruffling
25,532 corpus weight
- sachet
sachet
25,529 corpus weight
- Sakshi
Sakshi
25,527 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ruffling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ruffling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ruffling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ruffling is uncommon English at frequency #74,469 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The action of the verb ruffle".
ruffling doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is ruffling, spelled R-U-F-F-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The action of the verb ruffle
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ruffling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Late in the morning I wak'd first; and observing my lover slept profoundly, softly disengag'd myself from his arms, scarcely daring to breathe for fear of shortening his repose; my cap, my hair, my shift, were all in disorder from the rufflings I had undergone
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).