distracting
"distracting" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“distracting” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,454
- frequency rank, English
- 26,416
- “D” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus.
Corpus desk
Index EN-distracting · distracting · English
distracting · rank #16,454 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,454
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 26,416
- PHOTO-FINISH discreet
Nearest frequency peer: discreet (-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 “distracting”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- dirk
dirk
83,550 corpus weight
- disbelief
disbelief
83,549 corpus weight
- discreet
discreet
83,548 corpus weight
- distracting
distracting
83,547 corpus weight
- dizzy
dizzy
83,546 corpus weight
- Dre
Dre
83,545 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “distracting” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | distracting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #16,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “distracting” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around distracting, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,454 among 26,416 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for distracting, with forms such as "ddistracting", "disrtacting", and "disstracting". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "distraction", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is distracting, spelled D-I-S-T-R-A-C-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Causing a distraction; interfering with the ability to concentrate or focus.
- 2Diverting
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddistracting
- disrtacting
- disstracting
- distarcting
- distraccting
- distracitng
- distractign
- distractingg
- distractinng
- distractnig
- distractting
- distratcing
- distrcating
- distrracting
- disttracting
- ditsracting
- dsitracting
- idstracting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of distracting - 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 May 6, 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 "distracting", 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 (18 here; floor ≥5).
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.