halting

adj

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"halting" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“halting” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,864. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,864
frequency rank, English
2,646
“H” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

Corpus desk

Index EN-halting · halting · English

halting · rank #27,864 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,864
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,646
  • PHOTO-FINISH hallowed

Nearest frequency peer: hallowed (-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 “halting”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “halting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

halting vs having
71% similar
halting vs hating
86% similar
halting vs hazing
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for halting
PropertyValue
Headwordhalting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#27,864
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “halting”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).haltinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “hallowed” (#27,863), “Hamish” (#27,865), “Gutierrez” (#27,862). Among 2,646 “H” headwords, “halting” is #27,864. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around halting, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,864 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for halting, with forms such as "ahlting", "halitng", and "hallting". 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, "having", "hating", "hazing", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is halting, spelled H-A-L-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how halting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. his halting speech
  2. her halting steps

This word in other languages

vacilante(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ahlting
  • halitng
  • hallting
  • haltign
  • haltingg
  • haltinng
  • haltnig
  • haltting
  • hatling
  • hhalting
  • hlating

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of halting - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ahlting2halitng2hallting1haltign2haltingg1haltinng1haltnig2haltting1
Edit distance from "halting"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "halting"?
"halting" is spelled H-A-L-T-I-N-G.
What does "halting" mean?
As an adjective, "halting" means: Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.
What words are commonly confused with "halting"?
"halting" is commonly confused with "having", "hating", "hazing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "halting" come from?
"halting" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "halting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hampden#27,866Heywood#27,869gosling#27,857hydrate#27,875

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Gutierrez11 variantsfrosted11 variantsFederico11 variantsfaintly11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list