tottering
"tottering" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tottering” is an uncommon English word, ranked #78,217 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #78,217
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The movement of one who totters.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tottering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tottering” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tottering is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #78,217 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The movement of one who totters.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tottering, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is tottering, spelled T-O-T-T-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The movement of one who totters.
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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Using “tottering”
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- The one correct English spelling is T-O-T-T-E-R-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.