concerning
/kənˈsɝnɪŋ/
"concerning" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“concerning” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,221. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,221
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causing concern; worrying.
Corpus desk
Index EN-concerning · concerning · English
concerning · rank #4,221 · 16 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,221
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH dare
Nearest frequency peer: dare (+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 “concerning”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- checks
checks
95,783 corpus weight
- chip
chip
95,782 corpus weight
- concerning
concerning
95,780 corpus weight
- dare
dare
95,779 corpus weight
- database
database
95,778 corpus weight
- define
define
95,777 corpus weight
What this shows “concerning” 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 | concerning |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kənˈsɝnɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #4,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “concerning”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around concerning (IPA /kənˈsɝnɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,221 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for concerning, with forms such as "cconcerning", "cnocerning", and "cocnerning". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "convening", "condemning", "conversing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From concern + -ing. The adjective and preposition follow from the verb. The correct English form is concerning, spelled C-O-N-C-E-R-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Causing concern; worrying.
- 2Important.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how concerning appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It's very concerning that our neighbour seems to be crying very loudly these days.
So great and so concerning truth.
Etymology
From concern + -ing. The adjective and preposition follow from the verb.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconcerning
- cnocerning
- cocnerning
- conccerning
- concenring
- concerinng
- concernign
- concerningg
- concerninng
- concernnig
- concernning
- concerrning
- concrening
- conecrning
- conncerning
- ocncerning
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of concerning - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "concerning", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).