dancing
/ˈdɑːnsɪŋ/
"dancing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dancing” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,986
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The activity of taking part in a dance.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dancing · dancing · English
dancing · rank #2,986 · 11 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,986
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH convention
Nearest frequency peer: convention (-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 “dancing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- contain
contain
97,017 corpus weight
- convention
convention
97,016 corpus weight
- dancing
dancing
97,015 corpus weight
- document
document
97,014 corpus weight
- eggs
eggs
97,013 corpus weight
- employee
employee
97,012 corpus weight
What this shows “dancing” 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 | dancing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɑːnsɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “dancing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around dancing (IPA /ˈdɑːnsɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,986 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dancing, with forms such as "adncing", "dacning", and "danccing". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "dating", "dining", "daring", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 dancing, spelled D-A-N-C-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The activity of taking part in a dance.
- 2A dance club in France.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dancing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.
Different dancings also attracted different crowds. Indeed, the diversity of dancers throughout the city makes drawing a detailed portrait of them difficult.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adncing
- dacning
- danccing
- dancign
- dancingg
- dancinng
- dancnig
- danicng
- danncing
- ddancing
- dnacing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dancing - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dancing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).