cataloguing
"cataloguing" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cataloguing” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,816. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,816
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of arranging in, or as if in, a catalogue.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cataloguing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #49,816 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cataloguing” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around cataloguing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,816 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of arranging in, or as if in, a catalogue.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for cataloguing, with forms such as "actaloguing", "caatloguing", and "catalgouing". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is cataloguing, spelled C-A-T-A-L-O-G-U-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of arranging in, or as if in, a catalogue.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- actaloguing
- caatloguing
- catalgouing
- catalloguing
- catalogguing
- catalogiung
- cataloguign
- cataloguingg
- cataloguinng
- catalogunig
- catalouging
- cataolguing
- catlaoguing
- cattaloguing
- ccataloguing
- ctaaloguing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cataloguing - 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 “cataloguing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-T-A-L-O-G-U-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.