booking
/ˈbʊk.ɪŋ/
The verdict
“booking” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,416 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,416
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio presente y gerundio del verbo (to) book.
Corpus desk
Index ES-booking · booking · Spanish
booking · rank #73,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,416
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 24,339
- PHOTO-FINISH bondage
Nearest frequency peer: bondage (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “booking”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- boj
boj
26,589 corpus weight
- bojan
bojan
26,588 corpus weight
- bondage
bondage
26,586 corpus weight
- booking
booking
26,585 corpus weight
- bosón
bosón
26,583 corpus weight
- Boza
Boza
26,581 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “booking” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | booking |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈbʊk.ɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “booking” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
booking is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,416 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈbʊk.ɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio presente y gerundio del verbo (to) book.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for booking, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is booking, spelled B-O-O-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Participio presente y gerundio del verbo (to) book.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "booking"?
What does "booking" mean?
How do you pronounce "booking"?
What language does "booking" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "booking", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.