incriminating
"incriminating" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incriminating” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,878. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,878
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Causing, showing, or proving that one is guilty of wrongdoing.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incriminating |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #27,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incriminating” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around incriminating, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,878 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Causing, showing, or proving that one is guilty of wrongdoing.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for incriminating, with forms such as "icnriminating", "inccriminating", and "incirminating". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From incriminate + -ing. The correct English form is incriminating, spelled I-N-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Causing, showing, or proving that one is guilty of wrongdoing.
Etymology
From incriminate + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: icnriminating,inccriminating,incirminating,incriimnating,incrimianting,incriminaitng,incriminatign,incriminatingg,incriminatinng,incriminatnig,incriminatting,incriminnating,incrimintaing,incrimminating,incrimniating,incrmiinating,incrriminating,inncriminating,inrciminating,nicriminating
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incriminating - 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 “incriminating”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.