attempting
/əˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/
"attempting" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“attempting” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,505
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of attempt
Corpus desk
Index EN-attempting · attempting · English
attempting · rank #4,505 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,505
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH allies
Nearest frequency peer: allies (-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 “attempting”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- 7th
7th
95,499 corpus weight
- acceptable
acceptable
95,498 corpus weight
- allies
allies
95,497 corpus weight
- attempting
attempting
95,496 corpus weight
- auction
auction
95,495 corpus weight
- bonds
bonds
95,494 corpus weight
What this shows “attempting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | attempting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “attempting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around attempting (IPA /əˈtɛmp.tɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,505 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of attempt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for attempting, with forms such as "atempting", "atetmpting", and "attemmpting". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is attempting, spelled A-T-T-E-M-P-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of attempt
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atempting
- atetmpting
- attemmpting
- attempitng
- attemppting
- attemptign
- attemptingg
- attemptinng
- attemptnig
- attemptting
- attemtping
- attepmting
- attmepting
- tatempting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of attempting - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).