damaging
/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
"damaging" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“damaging” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,136. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,136
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-damaging · damaging · English
damaging · rank #8,136 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #8,136
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH coordinator
Nearest frequency peer: coordinator (-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 “damaging”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- consisted
consisted
91,868 corpus weight
- continually
continually
91,867 corpus weight
- coordinator
coordinator
91,866 corpus weight
- damaging
damaging
91,865 corpus weight
- Danish
Danish
91,864 corpus weight
- def
def
91,863 corpus weight
What this shows “damaging” 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 | damaging |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “damaging”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around damaging (IPA /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,136 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Causing damage; harmful, injurious.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for damaging, with forms such as "admaging", "daamging", and "damagging". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "damning", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From damage + -ing. The correct English form is damaging, spelled D-A-M-A-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how damaging appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
Heatwaves are especially damaging to children, as they are less able to regulate their body temperature compared to adults, the statement said, adding that the more heatwaves children are exposed to, the greater the chance of health problems including chronic respiratory conditions, asthma, and cardiovascular diseases.
Etymology
From damage + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- admaging
- daamging
- damagging
- damagign
- damagingg
- damaginng
- damagnig
- damaigng
- damgaing
- dammaging
- ddamaging
- dmaaging
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of damaging - 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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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