implying
"implying" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“implying” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,365
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - implication
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 | implying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #13,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “implying” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around implying, anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,365 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "implication".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for implying, with forms such as "imlpying", "immplying", and "impliyng". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "imposing", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is implying, spelled I-M-P-L-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1implication
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imlpying
- immplying
- impliyng
- impllying
- implyign
- implyingg
- implyinng
- implynig
- implyying
- impplying
- impyling
- ipmlying
- miplying
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of implying - 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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Using “implying”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-M-P-L-Y-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “imposing” - see the side-by-side comparison. implying vs imposing
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
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.