infringing
"infringing" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“infringing” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,473. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,473
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of infringe
Corpus desk
Index EN-infringing · infringing · English
infringing · rank #26,473 · 16 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,473
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 17,902
- PHOTO-FINISH infographic
Nearest frequency peer: infographic (-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 “infringing”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- inconceivab…
inconceivable
73,532 corpus weight
- industriali…
industrialization
73,531 corpus weight
- infographic
infographic
73,529 corpus weight
- infringing
infringing
73,528 corpus weight
- Islington
Islington
73,526 corpus weight
- issuer
issuer
73,525 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “infringing” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | infringing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #26,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “infringing” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around infringing, averb. Corpus frequency is #26,473 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of infringe".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for infringing, with forms such as "ifnringing", "inffringing", and "infirnging". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From infringe + -ing. The correct English form is infringing, spelled I-N-F-R-I-N-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of infringe
Etymology
From infringe + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ifnringing
- inffringing
- infirnging
- infrigning
- infringging
- infringign
- infringingg
- infringinng
- infringnig
- infrinigng
- infrinnging
- infrniging
- infrringing
- innfringing
- inrfinging
- nifringing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infringing - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "infringing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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.