scramble

Where “scramble” sits in English frequency

Definition

1. 1
   To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
2. 2
   To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
3. 3
   To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
4. 4
   To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
5. 5
   To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
6. 6
   To be quickly deployed in this manner.
7. 7
   To partake in motocross.
8. 8
   To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
9. 9
   To gather or collect by scrambling.
10. 10
    To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
11. 11
    To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.
12. 12
    To permute parts of a twisty puzzle (especially, Rubik's Cube) until it is ready to be solved from scratch.

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake together with the hands”), from scramb (“to pull or scrape together with the hands”) + -le (frequentative suffix) (compare Dutch schrammen (“to graze, brush, scratch”)); or alternatively from a nasalised form of scrabble (“to scrape or scratch quickly”).

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: csramble,scarmble,sccramble,scrabmle,scrambble,scrambel,scramblle,scramlbe,scrammble,scrmable,scrramble,srcamble,sscramble

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

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