slogging
"slogging" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slogging” is uncommon English (frequency #64,014 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,014
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of slog
Corpus desk
Index EN-slogging · slogging · English
slogging · rank #64,014 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,014
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Smalley
Nearest frequency peer: Smalley (+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 “slogging”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- skein
skein
35,992 corpus weight
- skilling
skilling
35,991 corpus weight
- slammer
slammer
35,989 corpus weight
- slogging
slogging
35,987 corpus weight
- Smalley
Smalley
35,986 corpus weight
- SMR
SMR
35,983 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “slogging” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slogging |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,014 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “slogging” in English
Rare enough to double-check
slogging is uncommon English at frequency #64,014 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of slog".
No misspelling variants are generated for slogging in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is slogging, spelled S-L-O-G-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of slog
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how slogging appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erecting-shop work was always hard and slogging, so that at the end of a 9¾ hour day there were not many who felt inclined for much more physical activity.
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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