beguiling
"beguiling" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beguiling” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #49,782 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #49,782
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - That beguiles or beguile.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beguiling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #49,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “beguiling” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for beguiling is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #49,782 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "That beguiles or beguile.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for beguiling, with forms such as "bbeguiling", "begguiling", and "begiuling". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is beguiling, spelled B-E-G-U-I-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1That beguiles or beguile.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: bbeguiling,begguiling,begiuling,beguiilng,beguilign,beguilingg,beguilinng,beguilling,beguilnig,beguliing,beugiling,bgeuiling,ebguiling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beguiling - 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 “beguiling”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is B-E-G-U-I-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.