ceasing

/ˈsiːsɪŋ/

//ˈsiːsɪŋ// verb

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"ceasing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ceasing” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,977. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,977
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-ceasing · ceasing · English

ceasing · rank #33,977 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,977
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH championing

Nearest frequency peer: championing (+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 “ceasing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ceasing” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ceasing vs ceding
71% similar
ceasing vs closing
71% similar
ceasing vs ceiling
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ceasing
PropertyValue
Headwordceasing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈsiːsɪŋ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#33,977
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ceasing”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).ceasinglands 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 “championing” (#33,978), “cappuccino” (#33,975), “cannonball” (#33,974). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “ceasing” is #33,977. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around ceasing (IPA /ˈsiːsɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #33,977 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of cease".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ceasing, with forms such as "caesing", "cceasing", and "ceaisng". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ceding", "closing", "ceiling", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is ceasing, spelled C-E-A-S-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cease

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • caesing
  • cceasing
  • ceaisng
  • ceasign
  • ceasingg
  • ceasinng
  • ceasnig
  • ceassing
  • cesaing
  • ecasing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

caesing2cceasing1ceaisng2ceasign2ceasingg1ceasinng1ceasnig2ceassing1
Edit distance from "ceasing"

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 "ceasing"?
"ceasing" is spelled C-E-A-S-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈsiːsɪŋ/.
What does "ceasing" mean?
As a verb, "ceasing" means: present participle and gerund of cease
What words are commonly confused with "ceasing"?
"ceasing" is commonly confused with "ceding", "closing", "ceiling". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ceasing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ceasing" is /ˈsiːsɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ceasing" come from?
"ceasing" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

château#33,981citrate#33,983cloaked#33,985buckeye#33,967

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list