endeavouring
/ɪnˈdɛvəɹɪŋ/
"endeavouring" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“endeavouring” is uncommon English (frequency #70,636 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,636
- frequency rank, English
- 18,836
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of endeavour
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | endeavouring |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪnˈdɛvəɹɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #70,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “endeavouring” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
endeavouring is uncommon English at frequency #70,636 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɪnˈdɛvəɹɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "present participle and gerund of endeavour".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for endeavouring, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is endeavouring, spelled E-N-D-E-A-V-O-U-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of endeavour
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 “endeavouring”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-N-D-E-A-V-O-U-R-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪnˈdɛvəɹɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.