excusing

noun

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"excusing" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“excusing” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,192
frequency rank, English
2,246
“E” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of making an excuse.

Corpus desk

Index EN-excusing · excusing · English

excusing · rank #44,192 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,192
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,246
  • PHOTO-FINISH Etruscan

Nearest frequency peer: Etruscan (-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 “excusing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “excusing” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

excusing vs exposing
75% similar
excusing vs exciting
75% similar
excusing vs excluding
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for excusing
PropertyValue
Headwordexcusing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,192
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “excusing”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).excusinglands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Etruscan” (#44,191), “extraordinaire” (#44,193), “Etna” (#44,190). Among 2,246 “E” headwords, “excusing” is #44,192. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around excusing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,192 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of making an excuse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for excusing, with forms such as "ecxusing", "exccusing", and "excsuing". 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 also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "exposing", "exciting", "excluding", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is excusing, spelled E-X-C-U-S-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of making an excuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "I was fond of her," he insisted dully. "She suffered a lot on account of me." The words dropped to me through immeasurable cold space. I believe there were more explanations, excusings.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecxusing
  • exccusing
  • excsuing
  • excuisng
  • excusign
  • excusingg
  • excusinng
  • excusnig
  • excussing
  • exucsing
  • exxcusing
  • xecusing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excusing - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ecxusing2exccusing1excsuing2excuisng2excusign2excusingg1excusinng1excusnig2
Edit distance from "excusing"

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 "excusing"?
"excusing" is spelled E-X-C-U-S-I-N-G.
What does "excusing" mean?
As a noun, "excusing" means: The act of making an excuse.
What words are commonly confused with "excusing"?
"excusing" is commonly confused with "exposing", "exciting", "excluding". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "excusing" come from?
"excusing" 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 "excusing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Etruscan#44,191Fallujah#44,195farcical#44,196Feinberg#44,201

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

downsize12 variantsdoorknob12 variantsgigabyte12 variantsgloating12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list