humming
/ˈhʌmɪŋ/
"humming" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“humming” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,542
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of hum
Corpus desk
Index EN-humming · humming · English
humming · rank #21,542 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,542
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH horde
Nearest frequency peer: horde (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “humming”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- HG
HG
78,462 corpus weight
- hoard
hoard
78,461 corpus weight
- horde
horde
78,460 corpus weight
- humming
humming
78,459 corpus weight
- IMDb
IMDb
78,457 corpus weight
- implicitly
implicitly
78,455 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “humming” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | humming |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈhʌmɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #21,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “humming” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around humming (IPA /ˈhʌmɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,542 among 2,646 “H” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of hum".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for humming, with forms such as "hhumming", "hmuming", and "humimng". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "hunting", "hurting", "hurling", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From hum + -ing. The correct English form is humming, spelled H-U-M-M-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of hum
Etymology
From hum + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hhumming
- hmuming
- humimng
- huming
- hummign
- hummingg
- humminng
- hummnig
- uhmming
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of humming - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "humming", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "humming". Here's where to go from here.
- "humming" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "hunting". View pair
- 9 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #21,542 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "H" letter cohort. H–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.