destroying
/dɪˈstɹɔɪ(j)ɪŋ/
"destroying" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“destroying” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,128. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,128
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of destroy
Corpus desk
Index EN-destroying · destroying · English
destroying · rank #6,128 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,128
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH delivering
Nearest frequency peer: delivering (-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 “destroying”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- darling
darling
93,876 corpus weight
- delighted
delighted
93,875 corpus weight
- delivering
delivering
93,874 corpus weight
- destroying
destroying
93,873 corpus weight
- diary
diary
93,872 corpus weight
- disagree
disagree
93,871 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “destroying” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | destroying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /dɪˈstɹɔɪ(j)ɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #6,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “destroying” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around destroying (IPA /dɪˈstɹɔɪ(j)ɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,128 among 3,470 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of destroy".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for destroying, with forms such as "ddestroying", "desrtoying", and "desstroying". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is destroying, spelled D-E-S-T-R-O-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of destroy
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddestroying
- desrtoying
- desstroying
- destorying
- destroiyng
- destroyign
- destroyingg
- destroyinng
- destroynig
- destroyying
- destrroying
- destryoing
- desttroying
- detsroying
- dsetroying
- edstroying
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of destroying - 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.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "destroying", 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 (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #6,128 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.