scurrying

verb

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"scurrying" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“scurrying” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,323. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,323
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of scurry

Corpus desk

Index EN-scurrying · scurrying · English

scurrying · rank #47,323 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #47,323
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH scruff

Nearest frequency peer: scruff (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “scurrying”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “scurrying” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

scurrying vs scarring
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for scurrying
PropertyValue
Headwordscurrying
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,323
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “scurrying”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).scurryinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “scruff” (#47,322), “seafaring” (#47,324), “scrip” (#47,321). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “scurrying” is #47,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around scurrying, averb. Corpus frequency is #47,323 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of scurry".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for scurrying, with forms such as "csurrying", "sccurrying", and "scrurying". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "scarring", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From scurry + -ing. The correct English form is scurrying, spelled S-C-U-R-R-Y-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scurry

Etymology

From scurry + -ing.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • csurrying
  • sccurrying
  • scrurying
  • scurriyng
  • scurryign
  • scurryingg
  • scurryinng
  • scurrynig
  • scurryying
  • scurying
  • scuryring
  • sscurrying
  • sucrrying

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of scurrying - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

csurrying2sccurrying1scrurying2scurriyng2scurryign2scurryingg1scurryinng1scurrynig2
Edit distance from "scurrying"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "scurrying"?
"scurrying" is spelled S-C-U-R-R-Y-I-N-G.
What does "scurrying" mean?
As a verb, "scurrying" means: present participle and gerund of scurry
What words are commonly confused with "scurrying"?
"scurrying" is commonly confused with "scarring". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "scurrying"?
From scurry + -ing. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "scurrying", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

seafaring#47,324Shaquille#47,329Sinhalese#47,335reversion#47,305

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Stockwell13 variantsstringed13 variantsprobiotic13 variantspostulate13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list