fattening
/ˈfæt(ə)nɪŋ/
"fattening" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fattening” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,239. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,239
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fattening · fattening · English
fattening · rank #40,239 · 12 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,239
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fanaticism
Nearest frequency peer: fanaticism (-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 “fattening”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- estradiol
estradiol
59,765 corpus weight
- exemplify
exemplify
59,764 corpus weight
- fanaticism
fanaticism
59,763 corpus weight
- fattening
fattening
59,762 corpus weight
- feller
feller
59,761 corpus weight
- fifi
fifi
59,760 corpus weight
What this shows “fattening” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | fattening |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfæt(ə)nɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fattening”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around fattening (IPA /ˈfæt(ə)nɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,239 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Dominant gloss: "That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for fattening, with forms such as "afttening", "fatening", and "fatetning". 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, "flattering", "flattening", "fastening", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is fattening, spelled F-A-T-T-E-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fattening appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I'd really love to lose weight, the trouble is, tasty desserts with stuff like whipped cream are so fattening.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- afttening
- fatening
- fatetning
- fatteinng
- fattenign
- fatteningg
- fatteninng
- fattennig
- fattenning
- fattneing
- ffattening
- ftatening
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fattening - 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.
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 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).