alluring
/əˈlʊɹɪŋ/
"alluring" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“alluring” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,112
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having the power to allure.
Corpus desk
Index EN-alluring · alluring · English
alluring · rank #28,112 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,112
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH amputation
Nearest frequency peer: amputation (+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 “alluring”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- alameda
alameda
71,894 corpus weight
- Algiers
Algiers
71,893 corpus weight
- alluring
alluring
71,889 corpus weight
- amputation
amputation
71,888 corpus weight
- anarchism
anarchism
71,887 corpus weight
- antagonistic
antagonistic
71,886 corpus weight
What this shows “alluring” 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 | alluring |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈlʊɹɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #28,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “alluring”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around alluring (IPA /əˈlʊɹɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,112 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Having the power to allure.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for alluring, with forms such as "allruing", "alluirng", and "allurign". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "altering", "assuring", "allowing", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, allure + -ing. The correct English form is alluring, spelled A-L-L-U-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Having the power to allure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how alluring appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
Etymology
By surface analysis, allure + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- allruing
- alluirng
- allurign
- alluringg
- allurinng
- allurnig
- allurring
- alulring
- aluring
- laluring
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alluring - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alluring", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).