enterprising

adj

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"enterprising" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“enterprising” has 19 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,783. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,783
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Displaying bravery and daring in attempting some task.

Corpus desk

Index EN-enterprising · enterprising · English

enterprising · rank #30,783 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,783
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH Enrico

Nearest frequency peer: Enrico (-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 “enterprising”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “enterprising” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enterprising
PropertyValue
Headwordenterprising
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#30,783
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “enterprising”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).enterprisinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Enrico” (#30,782), “Eriksen” (#30,784), “encode” (#30,781). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “enterprising” is #30,783. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around enterprising, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,783 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for enterprising, with forms such as "enetrprising", "ennterprising", and "enteprrising". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is enterprising, spelled E-N-T-E-R-P-R-I-S-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Displaying bravery and daring in attempting some task.
  2. 2
    Very able and ingenious in business dealings or social advancement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how enterprising appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. It was now settled that every body was to be amused by her coarse jest and her odd expressions, and therefore everybody was amused. Moreover, there was another great secret of her popularity; all in her company luxuriated in a little complacent sense of their own superiority,—one of the most agreeable of the senses to indulge. Such was the enterprising in…

Synonyms

go-getting

This word in other languages

entreprenant(Français)unternehmungslustig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • enetrprising
  • ennterprising
  • enteprrising
  • enterpirsing
  • enterpprising
  • enterpriisng
  • enterprisign
  • enterprisingg
  • enterprisinng
  • enterprisnig
  • enterprissing
  • enterprrising
  • enterprsiing
  • enterrpising
  • enterrprising
  • entreprising
  • entterprising
  • etnerprising
  • neterprising

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enterprising - 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.

enetrprising2ennterprising1enteprrising2enterpirsing2enterpprising1enterpriisng2enterprisign2enterprisingg1
Edit distance from "enterprising"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enterprising"?
"enterprising" is spelled E-N-T-E-R-P-R-I-S-I-N-G.
What does "enterprising" mean?
As an adjective, "enterprising" means: Displaying bravery and daring in attempting some task.
What are common misspellings of "enterprising"?
Common misspellings include "enetrprising", "ennterprising", "enteprrising", "enterpirsing", "enterpprising". The correct spelling is "enterprising".
What language does "enterprising" come from?
"enterprising" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enterprising", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list