deprecating
"deprecating" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deprecating” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #38,362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,362
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deprecating · deprecating · English
deprecating · rank #38,362 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #38,362
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH dented
Nearest frequency peer: dented (-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 “deprecating”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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61,642 corpus weight
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Denison
61,641 corpus weight
- dented
dented
61,640 corpus weight
- deprecating
deprecating
61,639 corpus weight
- derided
derided
61,638 corpus weight
- designates
designates
61,637 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “deprecating” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | deprecating |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #38,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “deprecating” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around deprecating, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,362 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for deprecating, with forms such as "ddeprecating", "depercating", and "depprecating". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is deprecating, spelled D-E-P-R-E-C-A-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1In manner that deprecates; insulting; belittling.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deprecating appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She looked at him with a deprecating smile on her face.
He raised his hand with a deprecating gesture.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeprecating
- depercating
- depprecating
- deprceating
- depreacting
- deprecaitng
- deprecatign
- deprecatingg
- deprecatinng
- deprecatnig
- deprecatting
- depreccating
- deprectaing
- deprrecating
- derpecating
- dperecating
- edprecating
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deprecating - 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 "deprecating", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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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.