flitting
/ˈflɪtɪŋ/
"flitting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“flitting” is uncommon English (frequency #62,900 among 2,507 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,900
- frequency rank, English
- 2,507
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
Corpus desk
Index EN-flitting · flitting · English
flitting · rank #62,900 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,900
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,507
- PHOTO-FINISH Flaubert
Nearest frequency peer: Flaubert (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “flitting”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- fisheye
fisheye
37,104 corpus weight
- flatline
flatline
37,103 corpus weight
- Flaubert
Flaubert
37,102 corpus weight
- flitting
flitting
37,101 corpus weight
- flycatcher
flycatcher
37,100 corpus weight
- FNaF
FNaF
37,099 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “flitting” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | flitting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈflɪtɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “flitting” in English
Rare enough to double-check
flitting is uncommon English at frequency #62,900 among 2,507 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈflɪtɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for flitting in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From flit + -ing. The correct English form is flitting, spelled F-L-I-T-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1gerund of flit: the motion of something that flits.
- 2The act of moving from one residence to another; moving house.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how flitting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
the flittings of birds
After the flitting of the bats, / When thickest dark did trance the sky, / She drew the casement-curtain by, / And glanced athwart the glooming flats.
Etymology
From flit + -ing.
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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