delivering

noun

"delivering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“delivering” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,127. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,127
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An act of delivering.

Corpus desk

Index EN-delivering · delivering · English

delivering · rank #6,127 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,127
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH delighted

Nearest frequency peer: delighted (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “delivering”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “delivering” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for delivering
PropertyValue
Headworddelivering
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#6,127
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “delivering” sits in English frequency

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).delivering lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around delivering, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,127 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An act of delivering.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for delivering, with forms such as "ddelivering", "deilvering", and "delievring". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is delivering, spelled D-E-L-I-V-E-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    An act of delivering.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The deliverings of our senses, while they seem to us to provide a transparent window on the world, are in fact conditioned through and through by the details of our organic and neural structure - developed over eons of evolutionary history.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddelivering
  • deilvering
  • delievring
  • deliveirng
  • deliverign
  • deliveringg
  • deliverinng
  • delivernig
  • deliverring
  • delivreing
  • delivvering
  • dellivering
  • delviering
  • dleivering
  • edlivering

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ddelivering1deilvering2delievring2deliveirng2deliverign2deliveringg1deliverinng1delivernig2
Edit distance from "delivering"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "delivering"?
"delivering" is spelled D-E-L-I-V-E-R-I-N-G.
What does "delivering" mean?
As a noun, "delivering" means: An act of delivering.
What are common misspellings of "delivering"?
Common misspellings include "ddelivering", "deilvering", "delievring", "deliveirng", "deliverign". The correct spelling is "delivering".
What language does "delivering" come from?
"delivering" 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 "delivering", not the corpus desk frequency band.

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).

What to do next

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list