congratulating
"congratulating" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“congratulating” has 22 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,877. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,877
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 22
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Congratulatory; that is giving congratulations.
Corpus desk
Index EN-congratulating · congratulating · English
congratulating · rank #28,877 · 22 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,877
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 22 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH consignment
Nearest frequency peer: consignment (+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 “congratulating”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- combing
combing
71,128 corpus weight
- commendation
commendation
71,127 corpus weight
- congratulat…
congratulating
71,124 corpus weight
- consignment
consignment
71,123 corpus weight
- conundrum
conundrum
71,121 corpus weight
- Corinne
Corinne
71,120 corpus weight
What this shows “congratulating” 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 | congratulating |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #28,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “congratulating”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 22 spelling variants around congratulating, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,877 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for congratulating, with forms such as "ccongratulating", "cnogratulating", and "cognratulating". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "congratulation", "congratulations", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, congratulate + -ing. The correct English form is congratulating, spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Congratulatory; that is giving congratulations.
- 2Gratifying; pleasing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how congratulating appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mrs. Buckle was delivered of twins. "A pair of Buckles!" "Boys or girls?" inquired a congratulating friend the answer may be supposed.
His face grew sadder as the ceremony proceeded, and at last when the bride left the church, surrounded by a congratulating crowd, his eyes assumed the fixed look of a doomed man.
Etymology
By surface analysis, congratulate + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccongratulating
- cnogratulating
- cognratulating
- congartulating
- conggratulating
- congratluating
- congrattulating
- congratualting
- congratulaitng
- congratulatign
- congratulatingg
- congratulatinng
- congratulatnig
- congratulatting
- congratullating
- congratultaing
- congrautlating
- congrratulating
- congrtaulating
- conngratulating
- conrgatulating
- ocngratulating
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of congratulating - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "congratulating", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).