hindering
"hindering" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hindering” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #31,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,596
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of hinder
Corpus desk
Index EN-hindering · hindering · English
hindering · rank #31,596 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,596
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH Herbie
Nearest frequency peer: Herbie (-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 “hindering”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Hauser
Hauser
68,409 corpus weight
- heady
heady
68,408 corpus weight
- Herbie
Herbie
68,406 corpus weight
- hindering
hindering
68,405 corpus weight
- homesick
homesick
68,402 corpus weight
- Homme
Homme
68,401 corpus weight
What this shows “hindering” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hindering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “hindering”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around hindering, averb. Corpus frequency is #31,596 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of hinder".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for hindering, with forms such as "hhindering", "hidnering", and "hinddering". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hinder + -ing. The correct English form is hindering, spelled H-I-N-D-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of hinder
Etymology
From hinder + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhindering
- hidnering
- hinddering
- hindeirng
- hinderign
- hinderingg
- hinderinng
- hindernig
- hinderring
- hindreing
- hinedring
- hinndering
- hnidering
- ihndering
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hindering - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).