basking

noun

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"basking" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“basking” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,532. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,532
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who basks.

Corpus desk

Index EN-basking · basking · English

basking · rank #33,532 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,532
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH banal

Nearest frequency peer: banal (-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 “basking”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “basking” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

basking vs biking
71% similar
basking vs booking
71% similar
basking vs batting
71% similar

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

Key facts for basking
PropertyValue
Headwordbasking
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,532
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “basking”

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

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “banal” (#33,531), “baz” (#33,533), “Bahia” (#33,529). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “basking” is #33,532. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around basking, anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,532 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of one who basks.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for basking, with forms such as "absking", "baksing", and "basikng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "biking", "booking", "batting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 basking, spelled B-A-S-K-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of one who basks.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how basking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. With no lectures given or heard, no pups offered and ignored or contemptuously rejected by telegraph, no snatches at conversation in the midst of crowds, no baskings on the lawn at Bryn Mawr, no nothing at all, in short […]

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • absking
  • baksing
  • basikng
  • baskign
  • baskingg
  • baskinng
  • baskking
  • basknig
  • bassking
  • bbasking
  • bsaking

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of basking - 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.

absking2baksing2basikng2baskign2baskingg1baskinng1baskking1basknig2
Edit distance from "basking"

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 "basking"?
"basking" is spelled B-A-S-K-I-N-G.
What does "basking" mean?
As a noun, "basking" means: The act of one who basks.
What words are commonly confused with "basking"?
"basking" is commonly confused with "biking", "booking", "batting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "basking" come from?
"basking" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "basking", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

benched#33,536attuned#33,523booting#33,543airship#33,505

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

brimming11 variantscanoeing11 variantscasanova11 variantscheckup11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list