deserving
/dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/
"deserving" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“deserving” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,497
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious.
Corpus desk
Index EN-deserving · deserving · English
deserving · rank #13,497 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,497
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH deportation
Nearest frequency peer: deportation (-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 “deserving”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- defective
defective
86,507 corpus weight
- Denise
Denise
86,506 corpus weight
- deportation
deportation
86,505 corpus weight
- deserving
deserving
86,504 corpus weight
- discourage
discourage
86,503 corpus weight
- disgusted
disgusted
86,502 corpus weight
What this shows “deserving” 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 | deserving |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “deserving”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around deserving (IPA /dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,497 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 deserving, with forms such as "ddeserving", "deesrving", and "deserivng". 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, "desiring", "deceiving", "deferring", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is deserving, spelled D-E-S-E-R-V-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious.
- 2Meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how deserving appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the deserving poor
In the midst of a world war many centenaries pass unnoticed, but one which fell on August 2, namely, the opening of Fenchurch Street station, is deserving of record.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddeserving
- deesrving
- deserivng
- deserrving
- deservign
- deservingg
- deservinng
- deservnig
- deservving
- desevring
- desreving
- desserving
- dseerving
- edserving
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of deserving - 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.
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 "deserving", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).