trembling
/ˈtɹɛmblɪŋ/
"trembling" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trembling” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,521. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,521
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tremble.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trembling · trembling · English
trembling · rank #20,521 · 15 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #20,521
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH transverse
Nearest frequency peer: transverse (-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 “trembling”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tornadoes
tornadoes
79,484 corpus weight
- tote
tote
79,483 corpus weight
- trainees
trainees
79,482 corpus weight
- transverse
transverse
79,481 corpus weight
- trembling
trembling
79,480 corpus weight
- trident
trident
79,477 corpus weight
What this shows “trembling” 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 | trembling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹɛmblɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “trembling”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around trembling (IPA /ˈtɹɛmblɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,521 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A tremble.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for trembling, with forms such as "rtembling", "termbling", and "trebmling". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tumbling", "troubling", "trampling", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 trembling, spelled T-R-E-M-B-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A tremble.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtembling
- termbling
- trebmling
- trembbling
- trembilng
- tremblign
- tremblingg
- tremblinng
- tremblling
- tremblnig
- tremlbing
- tremmbling
- trmebling
- trrembling
- ttrembling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trembling - 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.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).