scuttling
"scuttling" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“scuttling” is uncommon English (frequency #61,097 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,097
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The motion of one who scuttles.
Corpus desk
Index EN-scuttling · scuttling · English
scuttling · rank #61,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,097
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH SDG
Nearest frequency peer: SDG (+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 “scuttling”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Sammi
Sammi
38,911 corpus weight
- screentime
screentime
38,906 corpus weight
- scuttling
scuttling
38,904 corpus weight
- SDG
SDG
38,903 corpus weight
- seabird
seabird
38,902 corpus weight
- seidel
seidel
38,898 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “scuttling” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scuttling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “scuttling” in English
Rare enough to double-check
scuttling is uncommon English at frequency #61,097 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scuttling, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is scuttling, spelled S-C-U-T-T-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The motion of one who scuttles.
- 2The act by which a vessel is scuttled.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how scuttling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
scuttlings back and forth
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).