shuddering

verb

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"shuddering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shuddering” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,177
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-shuddering · shuddering · English

shuddering · rank #46,177 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,177
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH silken

Nearest frequency peer: silken (+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 “shuddering”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “shuddering” 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
Key facts for shuddering
PropertyValue
Headwordshuddering
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Frequency rank#46,177
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shuddering”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).shudderinglands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “silken” (#46,178), “Shinto” (#46,175), “slippage” (#46,180). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “shuddering” is #46,177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around shuddering, averb. Corpus frequency is #46,177 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of shudder".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for shuddering, with forms such as "hsuddering", "shdudering", and "shhuddering". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is shuddering, spelled S-H-U-D-D-E-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shudder

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how shuddering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]
  2. They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • hsuddering
  • shdudering
  • shhuddering
  • shuddeirng
  • shudderign
  • shudderingg
  • shudderinng
  • shuddernig
  • shudderring
  • shuddreing
  • shudedring
  • shudering
  • sshuddering
  • suhddering

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

hsuddering2shdudering2shhuddering1shuddeirng2shudderign2shudderingg1shudderinng1shuddernig2
Edit distance from "shuddering"

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 "shuddering"?
"shuddering" is spelled S-H-U-D-D-E-R-I-N-G.
What does "shuddering" mean?
As a verb, "shuddering" means: present participle and gerund of shudder
What are common misspellings of "shuddering"?
Common misspellings include "hsuddering", "shdudering", "shhuddering", "shuddeirng", "shudderign". The correct spelling is "shuddering".
What language does "shuddering" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list