scrabbling
"scrabbling" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scrabbling” is uncommon English (frequency #88,829 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,829
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sound or motion that scrabbles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-scrabbling · scrabbling · English
scrabbling · rank #88,829 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,829
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH scintilla
Nearest frequency peer: scintilla (-3 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 “scrabbling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Schaaf
Schaaf
11,179 corpus weight
- scintilla
scintilla
11,175 corpus weight
- scrabbling
scrabbling
11,172 corpus weight
- seismically
seismically
11,167 corpus weight
- selly
selly
11,164 corpus weight
- severest
severest
11,162 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “scrabbling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scrabbling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “scrabbling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
scrabbling is uncommon English at frequency #88,829 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A sound or motion that scrabbles.".
Zero misspellings are on record for scrabbling in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is scrabbling, spelled S-C-R-A-B-B-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A sound or motion that scrabbles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how scrabbling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Even the mice had ceased their scrabblings by the time I closed my eyes.
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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