fighting
/ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/
"fighting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“fighting” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,271. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,271
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Engaged in war or other conflict.
Corpus desk
Index EN-fighting · fighting · English
fighting · rank #1,271 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,271
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH fan
Nearest frequency peer: fan (-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 “fighting”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- effort
effort
98,733 corpus weight
- ended
ended
98,732 corpus weight
- fan
fan
98,731 corpus weight
- fighting
fighting
98,730 corpus weight
- imagine
imagine
98,729 corpus weight
- impact
impact
98,728 corpus weight
What this shows “fighting” 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 | fighting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,271 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “fighting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around fighting (IPA /ˈfaɪ.tɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,271 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for fighting, with forms such as "ffighting", "fgihting", and "figghting". 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, "fishing", "fitting", "fisting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equ… The correct English form is fighting, spelled F-I-G-H-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Engaged in war or other conflict.
- 2Apt to provoke a fight.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fighting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It seems like a fighting insult, but he explains.
Them's fighting words in my country!
Etymology
From Middle English feghtyng, fyȝtynge, fightand, feghtand, feghtande, feightand, feȝtand, viȝtinde, feihtende, from Old English feohtende, from Proto-Germanic *fehtandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *fehtaną (“to comb, struggle, contend with”), equivalent to fight + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffighting
- fgihting
- figghting
- fighhting
- fighitng
- fightign
- fightingg
- fightinng
- fightnig
- fightting
- figthing
- fihgting
- ifghting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of fighting - 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.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "fighting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).