believing

/bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/

//bɪˈliː.vɪŋ// verb

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"believing" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“believing” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,576
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of believe

Corpus desk

Index EN-believing · believing · English

believing · rank #5,576 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,576
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH Belgium

Nearest frequency peer: Belgium (-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 “believing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “believing” 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
Key facts for believing
PropertyValue
Headwordbelieving
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,576
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “believing”

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Belgium” (#5,575), “blacks” (#5,577), “barrier” (#5,574). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “believing” is #5,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around believing (IPA /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,576 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of believe".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for believing, with forms such as "bbelieving", "beileving", and "beleiving". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende. Equivalent to believe + -ing. The correct English form is believing, spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of believe

Etymology

From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende. Equivalent to believe + -ing.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbelieving
  • beileving
  • beleiving
  • belieivng
  • believign
  • believingg
  • believinng
  • believnig
  • believving
  • beliveing
  • bellieving
  • bleieving
  • eblieving

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of believing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

bbelieving1beileving2beleiving2belieivng2believign2believingg1believinng1believnig2
Edit distance from "believing"

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 "believing"?
"believing" is spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/.
What does "believing" mean?
As a verb, "believing" means: present participle and gerund of believe
What are common misspellings of "believing"?
Common misspellings include "bbelieving", "beileving", "beleiving", "belieivng", "believign". The correct spelling is "believing".
How do you pronounce "believing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "believing" is /bɪˈliː.vɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "believing"?
From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende. Equivalent to believe + -ing. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list