amusing
/əˈmjuːzɪŋ/
"amusing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“amusing” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,162. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,162
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of amuse
Corpus desk
Index EN-amusing · amusing · English
amusing · rank #10,162 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,162
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Alison
Nearest frequency peer: Alison (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “amusing”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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89,842 corpus weight
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89,841 corpus weight
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Alison
89,840 corpus weight
- amusing
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89,839 corpus weight
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89,838 corpus weight
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89,837 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “amusing” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | amusing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈmjuːzɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #10,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “amusing” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around amusing (IPA /əˈmjuːzɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,162 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of amuse".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for amusing, with forms such as "ammusing", "amsuing", and "amuisng". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "arising", "arousing", "amazing", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, amuse + -ing. The correct English form is amusing, spelled A-M-U-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of amuse
Etymology
By surface analysis, amuse + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ammusing
- amsuing
- amuisng
- amusign
- amusingg
- amusinng
- amusnig
- amussing
- aumsing
- mausing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of amusing - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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 September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "amusing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "amusing". Here's where to go from here.
- "amusing" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "arising". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,162 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "A" letter cohort. A–Z browse
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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.