hiding
/ˈhaɪdɪŋ/
"hiding" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hiding” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,161. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,161
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of hide
Corpus desk
Index EN-hiding · hiding · English
hiding · rank #4,161 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,161
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH guards
Nearest frequency peer: guards (-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 “hiding”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- feedback
feedback
95,844 corpus weight
- fighter
fighter
95,843 corpus weight
- frozen
frozen
95,842 corpus weight
- guards
guards
95,841 corpus weight
- hiding
hiding
95,840 corpus weight
- humanity
humanity
95,839 corpus weight
What this shows “hiding” 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 | hiding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,161 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hiding”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around hiding (IPA /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,161 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of hide".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for hiding, with forms such as "hdiing", "hhiding", and "hidding". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "hing", "hoping", "hiring", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: See hide (Etymology 1) The correct English form is hiding, spelled H-I-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of hide
Etymology
See hide (Etymology 1)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hdiing
- hhiding
- hidding
- hidign
- hidingg
- hidinng
- hidnig
- hiidng
- ihding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hiding - 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 "hiding", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).