constructing
"constructing" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“constructing” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,123 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,123
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An act of construction.
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 | constructing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #13,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “constructing” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for constructing is 12 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #13,123 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "An act of construction.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for constructing, with forms such as "cconstructing", "cnostructing", and "connstructing". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "contracting", "construction", "constructive", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is constructing, spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1An act of construction.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconstructing,cnostructing,connstructing,consrtucting,consstructing,constrcuting,constrructing,construccting,construcitng,constructign,constructingg,constructinng,constructnig,constructting,construtcing,consttructing,consturcting,contsructing,cosntructing,ocnstructing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of constructing - 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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Using “constructing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “contracting” - see the side-by-side comparison. constructing vs contracting
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.