slobbering
"slobbering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slobbering” is uncommon English (frequency #77,208 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,208
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who slobbers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-slobbering · slobbering · English
slobbering · rank #77,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,208
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sleuths
Nearest frequency peer: sleuths (-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 “slobbering”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- slavishly
slavishly
22,797 corpus weight
- SLD
SLD
22,796 corpus weight
- sleepwalker
sleepwalker
22,795 corpus weight
- sleuths
sleuths
22,794 corpus weight
- slobbering
slobbering
22,793 corpus weight
- smallness
smallness
22,791 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “slobbering” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slobbering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “slobbering” in English
Rare enough to double-check
slobbering is uncommon English at frequency #77,208 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act of one who slobbers.".
slobbering doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is slobbering, spelled S-L-O-B-B-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of one who slobbers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how slobbering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the slobberings of a hungry dog
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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