extinguishing
"extinguishing" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“extinguishing” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,614. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,614
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process by which something is extinguished.
Corpus desk
Index EN-extinguishing · extinguishing · English
extinguishing · rank #47,614 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,614
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH exterminator
Nearest frequency peer: exterminator (-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 “extinguishing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- evocation
evocation
52,391 corpus weight
- existential…
existentialism
52,389 corpus weight
- exterminator
exterminator
52,388 corpus weight
- extinguishi…
extinguishing
52,387 corpus weight
- extradite
extradite
52,386 corpus weight
- extricate
extricate
52,384 corpus weight
What this shows “extinguishing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extinguishing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #47,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “extinguishing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around extinguishing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,614 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The process by which something is extinguished.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for extinguishing, with forms such as "etxinguishing", "exitnguishing", and "extignuishing". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is extinguishing, spelled E-X-T-I-N-G-U-I-S-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The process by which something is extinguished.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how extinguishing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It took several accidental extinguishings and considerable tinkering with the external oxygen flow between Adam below and Jordan at the controls before he managed to get much ice melted.
The stars are formed of burning cloud; these are extinguished each day, but they are kindled again at night, like coals; for their risings and settings are really kindlings and extinguishings.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxinguishing
- exitnguishing
- extignuishing
- extingguishing
- extingiushing
- extinguihsing
- extinguishhing
- extinguishign
- extinguishingg
- extinguishinng
- extinguishnig
- extinguisihng
- extinguisshing
- extingusihing
- extinnguishing
- extinugishing
- extniguishing
- exttinguishing
- exxtinguishing
- xetinguishing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extinguishing - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).