astounding
/əˈstaʊndɪŋ/
"astounding" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“astounding” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #15,954 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #15,954
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of astound
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | astounding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈstaʊndɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “astounding” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for astounding is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈstaʊndɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,954 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 astound".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for astounding, with forms such as "asotunding", "asstounding", and "astonuding". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 astounding, spelled A-S-T-O-U-N-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of astound
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asotunding,asstounding,astonuding,astoudning,astoundding,astoundign,astoundingg,astoundinng,astoundnig,astounidng,astounnding,asttounding,astuonding,atsounding,satounding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of astounding - 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.
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 “astounding”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-S-T-O-U-N-D-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈstaʊndɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.