condensing

verb

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

The verdict

“condensing” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,703. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,703
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-condensing · condensing · English

condensing · rank #44,703 · 16 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,703
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH committal

Nearest frequency peer: committal (-3 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 “condensing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “condensing” 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).

condensing vs convening
80% similar
condensing vs confessing
80% similar
condensing vs consenting
80% similar

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

Key facts for condensing
PropertyValue
Headwordcondensing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Frequency rank#44,703
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “condensing”

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).condensinglands 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 “committal” (#44,700), “conniving” (#44,706), “contemptuous” (#44,707). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “condensing” is #44,703. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around condensing, averb. Corpus frequency is #44,703 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of condense".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for condensing, with forms such as "ccondensing", "cnodensing", and "codnensing". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "convening", "confessing", "consenting", and more, 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 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 condensing, spelled C-O-N-D-E-N-S-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of condense

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how condensing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In Russia, where experiments on a considerable scale have been made with condensing, the railways have the considerable advantage of a loading gauge 17 ft. high (the biggest in the world), as compared with the British 13 ft. or slightly over.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccondensing
  • cnodensing
  • codnensing
  • conddensing
  • condenisng
  • condennsing
  • condensign
  • condensingg
  • condensinng
  • condensnig
  • condenssing
  • condesning
  • condnesing
  • conednsing
  • conndensing
  • ocndensing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of condensing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccondensing1cnodensing2codnensing2conddensing1condenisng2condennsing1condensign2condensingg1
Edit distance from "condensing"

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 "condensing"?
"condensing" is spelled C-O-N-D-E-N-S-I-N-G.
What does "condensing" mean?
As a verb, "condensing" means: present participle and gerund of condense
What words are commonly confused with "condensing"?
"condensing" is commonly confused with "convening", "confessing", "consenting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "condensing" come from?
"condensing" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "condensing", 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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list