departing

adj

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

The verdict

“departing” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,697
frequency rank, English
3,470
“D” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That is leaving.

Corpus desk

Index EN-departing · departing · English

departing · rank #13,697 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,697
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,470
  • PHOTO-FINISH demographics

Nearest frequency peer: demographics (-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 “departing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “departing” 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).

departing vs depicting
78% similar
departing vs darting
78% similar
departing vs debating
78% similar

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

Key facts for departing
PropertyValue
Headworddeparting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,697
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “departing”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).departinglands 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 “demographics” (#13,696), “DIN” (#13,698), “culinary” (#13,695). Among 3,470 “D” headwords, “departing” is #13,697. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around departing, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,697 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for departing, with forms such as "ddeparting", "deaprting", and "deparitng". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "depicting", "darting", "debating", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 departing, spelled D-E-P-A-R-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    That is leaving.
  2. 2
    While leaving.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. a departing train
  2. departing words

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddeparting
  • deaprting
  • deparitng
  • deparrting
  • departign
  • departingg
  • departinng
  • departnig
  • departting
  • depatring
  • depparting
  • deprating
  • dpearting
  • edparting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of departing - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ddeparting1deaprting2deparitng2deparrting1departign2departingg1departinng1departnig2
Edit distance from "departing"

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 "departing"?
"departing" is spelled D-E-P-A-R-T-I-N-G.
What does "departing" mean?
As an adjective, "departing" means: That is leaving.
What words are commonly confused with "departing"?
"departing" is commonly confused with "depicting", "darting", "debating". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "departing" come from?
"departing" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "departing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

concussion14 variantsfiltering14 variantsBloomberg14 variantsgraveyard14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list