dividing
"dividing" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dividing” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #12,408 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #12,408
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Serving to divide or separate.
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 | dividing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dividing” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for dividing is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #12,408 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Serving to divide or separate.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for dividing, with forms such as "ddividing", "diivding", and "divdiing". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "diving", "deciding", "dividend", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is dividing, spelled D-I-V-I-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Serving to divide or separate.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddividing,diivding,divdiing,dividding,dividign,dividingg,dividinng,dividnig,diviidng,divviding,dviiding,idviding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dividing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “dividing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is D-I-V-I-D-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “diving” - see the side-by-side comparison. dividing vs diving
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.