# scrambling

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #21,648

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of scramble

## Etymology
(linguistics): Coined by American linguist John R. Ross in 1967.

## Easily confused with
- **scribbling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scrambling-vs-scribbling)

## Common misspellings (17)
`csrambling`, `scarmbling`, `sccrambling`, `scrabmling`, `scrambbling`, `scrambilng`, `scramblign`, `scramblingg`, `scramblinng`, `scramblling`, `scramblnig`, `scramlbing`, `scrammbling`, `scrmabling`, `scrrambling`, `srcambling`, `sscrambling`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/scrambling