admiring

/ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/

//ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ// adj

"admiring" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“admiring” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,518. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,518
frequency rank, English
35,202
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Feeling or showing admiration.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

admiring vs airing
75% similar
admiring vs adoring
75% similar
admiring vs advising
75% similar

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

Key facts for admiring
PropertyValue
Headwordadmiring
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,518
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “admiring” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). admiring lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around admiring (IPA /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,518 among 35,202 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Feeling or showing admiration.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for admiring, with forms such as "addmiring", "adimring", and "admiirng". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "airing", "adoring", "advising", and more, 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 admiring, spelled A-D-M-I-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Feeling or showing admiration.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addmiring
  • adimring
  • admiirng
  • admirign
  • admiringg
  • admirinng
  • admirnig
  • admirring
  • admmiring
  • admriing
  • amdiring
  • damiring

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of admiring - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

addmiring1adimring2admiirng2admirign2admiringg1admirinng1admirnig2admirring1
Edit distance from "admiring"

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 "admiring"?
"admiring" is spelled A-D-M-I-R-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/.
What does "admiring" mean?
As an adjective, "admiring" means: Feeling or showing admiration.
What words are commonly confused with "admiring"?
"admiring" is commonly confused with "airing", "adoring", "advising". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "admiring"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "admiring" is /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "admiring" come from?
"admiring" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “admiring”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is A-D-M-I-R-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ædˈmaɪ.ɚ.ɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “airing” - see the side-by-side comparison. admiring vs airing
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list