completing

/kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/

//kəmˈpliːtɪŋ// verb

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

The verdict

“completing” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,451
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-completing · completing · English

completing · rank #6,451 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,451
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH compact

Nearest frequency peer: compact (-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 “completing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “completing” 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).

completing vs computing
80% similar
completing vs complying
80% similar
completing vs completion
80% similar

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

Key facts for completing
PropertyValue
Headwordcompleting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,451
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “completing”

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).completinglands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “compact” (#6,450), “consulting” (#6,452), “cigarette” (#6,449). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “completing” is #6,451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around completing (IPA /kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,451 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of complete".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for completing, with forms such as "ccompleting", "cmopleting", and "comlpeting". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "computing", "complying", "completion", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is completing, spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of complete

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccompleting
  • cmopleting
  • comlpeting
  • commpleting
  • compelting
  • compleitng
  • completign
  • completingg
  • completinng
  • completnig
  • completting
  • complleting
  • complteing
  • comppleting
  • copmleting
  • ocmpleting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccompleting1cmopleting2comlpeting2commpleting1compelting2compleitng2completign2completingg1
Edit distance from "completing"

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 "completing"?
"completing" is spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/.
What does "completing" mean?
As a verb, "completing" means: present participle and gerund of complete
What words are commonly confused with "completing"?
"completing" is commonly confused with "computing", "complying", "completion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "completing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "completing" is /kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "completing" come from?
"completing" 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 "completing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

consulting#6,452addressing#6,432tremendous#6,426indication#6,482

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

encountered16 variantsaccommodation16 variantsspecialized16 variantsinteractive16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list