captioning

noun

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"captioning" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“captioning” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,117
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of assigning a caption.

Corpus desk

Index EN-captioning · captioning · English

captioning · rank #48,117 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,117
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH carcinogen

Nearest frequency peer: carcinogen (+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 “captioning”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “captioning” 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 captioning
PropertyValue
Headwordcaptioning
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#48,117
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “captioning”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).captioninglands 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 “carcinogen” (#48,118), “cannery” (#48,114), “Calvinism” (#48,113). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “captioning” is #48,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around captioning, anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,117 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of assigning a caption.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for captioning, with forms such as "acptioning", "capitoning", and "capptioning". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is captioning, spelled C-A-P-T-I-O-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of assigning a caption.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Instead of dismissing all the differing readings her poems have been given, we need to account for their possibility in terms of the multiple captionings to which her poetry lends itself […]

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acptioning
  • capitoning
  • capptioning
  • captinoing
  • captioinng
  • captionign
  • captioningg
  • captioninng
  • captionnig
  • captionning
  • captoining
  • capttioning
  • catpioning
  • ccaptioning
  • cpationing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acptioning2capitoning2capptioning1captinoing2captioinng2captionign2captioningg1captioninng1
Edit distance from "captioning"

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 "captioning"?
"captioning" is spelled C-A-P-T-I-O-N-I-N-G.
What does "captioning" mean?
As a noun, "captioning" means: The act of assigning a caption.
What are common misspellings of "captioning"?
Common misspellings include "acptioning", "capitoning", "capptioning", "captinoing", "captioinng". The correct spelling is "captioning".
What language does "captioning" come from?
"captioning" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carcinogen#48,118changeling#48,130chargeable#48,131biophysics#48,088

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

aspergillus15 variantsanthracite15 variantsdatacenter15 variantsdisassemble15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list