continuing
/kənˈtɪn.juːɪŋ/
"continuing" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“continuing” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,101
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of continue
Corpus desk
Index EN-continuing · continuing · English
continuing · rank #3,101 · 15 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,101
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH consistent
Nearest frequency peer: consistent (-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 “continuing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- wanting
wanting
96,903 corpus weight
- auto
auto
96,902 corpus weight
- consistent
consistent
96,901 corpus weight
- continuing
continuing
96,900 corpus weight
- earn
earn
96,899 corpus weight
- exists
exists
96,898 corpus weight
What this shows “continuing” 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 | continuing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kənˈtɪn.juːɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “continuing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around continuing (IPA /kənˈtɪn.juːɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,101 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of continue".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for continuing, with forms such as "ccontinuing", "cnotinuing", and "conitnuing". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "convincing", "continuity", "containing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is continuing, spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of continue
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how continuing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its cove…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontinuing
- cnotinuing
- conitnuing
- conntinuing
- continiung
- continnuing
- continuign
- continuingg
- continuinng
- continunig
- contiuning
- contniuing
- conttinuing
- cotninuing
- ocntinuing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of continuing - 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
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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 (15 here; floor ≥5).