abandoning
/əˈbændənɪŋ/
"abandoning" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abandoning” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #14,683 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #14,683
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of abandon
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abandoning |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈbændənɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #14,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abandoning” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for abandoning is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈbændənɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,683 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "present participle and gerund of abandon".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for abandoning, with forms such as "aabndoning", "abadnoning", and "abanddoning". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is abandoning, spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of abandon
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aabndoning,abadnoning,abanddoning,abandnoing,abandoinng,abandonign,abandoningg,abandoninng,abandonnig,abandonning,abanndoning,abanodning,abbandoning,abnadoning,baandoning
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abandoning - 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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Using “abandoning”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-B-A-N-D-O-N-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈbændənɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.