committing

/kəˈmɪtɪŋ/

//kəˈmɪtɪŋ// verb

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

The verdict

“committing” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,525. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,525
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-committing · committing · English

committing · rank #8,525 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,525
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH coconut

Nearest frequency peer: coconut (-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 “committing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “committing” 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).

committing vs commuting
80% similar
committing vs commenting
80% similar

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

Key facts for committing
PropertyValue
Headwordcommitting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kəˈmɪtɪŋ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,525
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “committing”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).committinglands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “coconut” (#8,524), “comprising” (#8,526), “clutch” (#8,523). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “committing” is #8,525. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around committing (IPA /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,525 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of commit".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for committing, with forms such as "ccommitting", "cmomitting", and "comimtting". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "commuting", "commenting", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is committing, spelled C-O-M-M-I-T-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of commit

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccommitting
  • cmomitting
  • comimtting
  • comitting
  • commiting
  • commititng
  • committign
  • committingg
  • committinng
  • committnig
  • commtiting
  • ocmmitting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccommitting1cmomitting2comimtting2comitting1commiting1commititng2committign2committingg1
Edit distance from "committing"

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 "committing"?
"committing" is spelled C-O-M-M-I-T-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/.
What does "committing" mean?
As a verb, "committing" means: present participle and gerund of commit
What words are commonly confused with "committing"?
"committing" is commonly confused with "commuting", "commenting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "committing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "committing" is /kəˈmɪtɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "committing" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

comprising#8,526confession#8,527critically#8,532distracted#8,534

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

credited12 variantsFerguson12 variantsgeometry12 variantsthirteen12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list