consuming

adj

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"consuming" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“consuming” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,401. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,401
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Holding one's attention or interest.

Corpus desk

Index EN-consuming · consuming · English

consuming · rank #8,401 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,401
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH conditioning

Nearest frequency peer: conditioning (-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 “consuming”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “consuming” 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).

consuming vs confusing
78% similar
consuming vs conjuring
78% similar
consuming vs consulting
80% similar

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

Key facts for consuming
PropertyValue
Headwordconsuming
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#8,401
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “consuming”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).consuminglands 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 “conditioning” (#8,400), “contracted” (#8,402), “cod” (#8,399). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “consuming” is #8,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around consuming, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,401 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Holding one's attention or interest.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for consuming, with forms such as "cconsuming", "cnosuming", and "connsuming". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "confusing", "conjuring", "consulting", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is consuming, spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Holding one's attention or interest.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. a consuming passion

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconsuming
  • cnosuming
  • connsuming
  • consmuing
  • conssuming
  • consuimng
  • consumign
  • consumingg
  • consuminng
  • consumming
  • consumnig
  • conusming
  • cosnuming
  • ocnsuming

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconsuming1cnosuming2connsuming1consmuing2conssuming1consuimng2consumign2consumingg1
Edit distance from "consuming"

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 "consuming"?
"consuming" is spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-I-N-G.
What does "consuming" mean?
As an adjective, "consuming" means: Holding one's attention or interest.
What words are commonly confused with "consuming"?
"consuming" is commonly confused with "confusing", "conjuring", "consulting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "consuming" come from?
"consuming" 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 "consuming", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

designing#8,409biography#8,392economies#8,415withdrawn#8,380

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Indonesian14 variantssensation14 variantsrejection14 variantsmortality14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list