filing
/ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/
"filing" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“filing” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,572. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,572
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
Corpus desk
Index EN-filing · filing · English
filing · rank #6,572 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,572
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH exceptional
Nearest frequency peer: exceptional (-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 “filing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ellen
ellen
93,432 corpus weight
- embarrassed
embarrassed
93,431 corpus weight
- exceptional
exceptional
93,430 corpus weight
- filing
filing
93,429 corpus weight
- fled
fled
93,428 corpus weight
- foul
foul
93,427 corpus weight
What this shows “filing” 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 | filing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “filing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around filing (IPA /ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,572 among 2,507 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for filing, with forms such as "ffiling", "fiilng", and "filign". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "flint", "fling", "flung", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is filing, spelled F-I-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.
- 2The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
- 3Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how filing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part.
Mueller said in a court filing that Cohen had admitted he briefed Trump and unidentified Trump family members about the progress of the project more extensively than was previously known.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffiling
- fiilng
- filign
- filingg
- filinng
- filnig
- fliing
- ifling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of filing - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "filing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).