impersonating
"impersonating" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“impersonating” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #30,090. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,090
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of impersonate
Corpus desk
Index EN-impersonating · impersonating · English
impersonating · rank #30,090 · 20 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #30,090
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH impossibly
Nearest frequency peer: impossibly (+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 “impersonating”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Icarus
Icarus
69,914 corpus weight
- idiom
idiom
69,913 corpus weight
- impersonati…
impersonating
69,911 corpus weight
- impossibly
impossibly
69,910 corpus weight
- impressively
impressively
69,909 corpus weight
- indulged
indulged
69,908 corpus weight
What this shows “impersonating” 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 | impersonating |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #30,090 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “impersonating”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around impersonating, averb. Corpus frequency is #30,090 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of impersonate".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for impersonating, with forms such as "imeprsonating", "immpersonating", and "imperosnating". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "impersonation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is impersonating, spelled I-M-P-E-R-S-O-N-A-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of impersonate
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how impersonating appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"I don't want to get down on the floor," he said feebly; "is it necessary?" ¶ But they had already discovered that he could be bullied, and they had it their own way; and presently Selwyn lay prone upon the nursery floor, impersonating a ladrone while pleasant shivers chased themselves over Drina, whom he was stalking.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imeprsonating
- immpersonating
- imperosnating
- imperrsonating
- impersnoating
- impersoanting
- impersonaitng
- impersonatign
- impersonatingg
- impersonatinng
- impersonatnig
- impersonatting
- impersonnating
- impersontaing
- imperssonating
- impesronating
- imppersonating
- impresonating
- ipmersonating
- mipersonating
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of impersonating - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "impersonating", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).