wallowing

noun

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"wallowing" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wallowing” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,462. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,462
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who wallows.

Corpus desk

Index EN-wallowing · wallowing · English

wallowing · rank #43,462 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #43,462
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH wale

Nearest frequency peer: wale (-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 “wallowing”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “wallowing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

wallowing vs walling
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for wallowing
PropertyValue
Headwordwallowing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#43,462
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wallowing”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).wallowinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “wale” (#43,461), “wench” (#43,464), “videography” (#43,459). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “wallowing” is #43,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around wallowing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,462 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of one who wallows.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for wallowing, with forms such as "awllowing", "walloiwng", and "wallowign". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "walling", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is wallowing, spelled W-A-L-L-O-W-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of one who wallows.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how wallowing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He gives graphic descriptions of the terrors of the Last Judgement and the luxurious wallowings of the blessed in the physical pleasures of Paradise.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awllowing
  • walloiwng
  • wallowign
  • wallowingg
  • wallowinng
  • wallownig
  • wallowwing
  • wallwoing
  • walolwing
  • walowing
  • wlalowing
  • wwallowing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wallowing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

awllowing2walloiwng2wallowign2wallowingg1wallowinng1wallownig2wallowwing1wallwoing2
Edit distance from "wallowing"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wallowing"?
"wallowing" is spelled W-A-L-L-O-W-I-N-G.
What does "wallowing" mean?
As a noun, "wallowing" means: The act of one who wallows.
What words are commonly confused with "wallowing"?
"wallowing" is commonly confused with "walling". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "wallowing" come from?
"wallowing" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wallowing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list