catching
/ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/
"catching" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“catching” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,107. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,107
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infectious, contagious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-catching · catching · English
catching · rank #5,107 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,107
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH caring
Nearest frequency peer: caring (-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 “catching”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bronze
bronze
94,897 corpus weight
- bug
bug
94,896 corpus weight
- caring
caring
94,895 corpus weight
- catching
catching
94,894 corpus weight
- cave
cave
94,893 corpus weight
- cheating
cheating
94,892 corpus weight
What this shows “catching” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catching |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,107 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “catching”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around catching (IPA /ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,107 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for catching, with forms such as "actching", "cacthing", and "catcching". 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. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "coaching", "catering", "clutching", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 catching, spelled C-A-T-C-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Infectious, contagious.
- 2Captivating; alluring; catchy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how catching appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ah, who is this? You did not hear me, my young friend, did you? Why, you, too, look sad. My melancholy is not catching!
Bomb guy looked her up and down, not because he was an attractive man and she was possibly a catching woman.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- actching
- cacthing
- catcching
- catchhing
- catchign
- catchingg
- catchinng
- catchnig
- catcihng
- cathcing
- cattching
- ccatching
- ctaching
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of catching - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "catching", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).