stabbing
/ˈstæb.ɪŋ/
"stabbing" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stabbing” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,428
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sharp, intense.
Corpus desk
Index EN-stabbing · stabbing · English
stabbing · rank #13,428 · 11 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,428
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH socio
Nearest frequency peer: socio (-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 “stabbing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- similarity
similarity
86,576 corpus weight
- smelling
smelling
86,575 corpus weight
- socio
socio
86,574 corpus weight
- stabbing
stabbing
86,573 corpus weight
- staircase
staircase
86,572 corpus weight
- stamped
stamped
86,571 corpus weight
What this shows “stabbing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stabbing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈstæb.ɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “stabbing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around stabbing (IPA /ˈstæb.ɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,428 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sharp, intense.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for stabbing, with forms such as "satbbing", "sstabbing", and "stabbign". 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. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "staying", "stating", "staring", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is stabbing, spelled S-T-A-B-B-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Sharp, intense.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stabbing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- satbbing
- sstabbing
- stabbign
- stabbingg
- stabbinng
- stabbnig
- stabibng
- stabing
- stbabing
- sttabbing
- tsabbing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stabbing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "stabbing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).