interrogating
"interrogating" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“interrogating” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,129. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,129
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An instance of interrogating.
Corpus desk
Index EN-interrogating · interrogating · English
interrogating · rank #34,129 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #34,129
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH intercultural
Nearest frequency peer: intercultural (-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 “interrogating”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- intensifying
intensifying
65,875 corpus weight
- intensively
intensively
65,874 corpus weight
- intercultur…
intercultural
65,873 corpus weight
- interrogati…
interrogating
65,872 corpus weight
- Irvin
Irvin
65,870 corpus weight
- ischemic
ischemic
65,869 corpus weight
What this shows “interrogating” 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 | interrogating |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #34,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “interrogating”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around interrogating, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,129 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An instance of interrogating.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for interrogating, with forms such as "inetrrogating", "innterrogating", and "interogating". 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, "interrogation", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is interrogating, spelled I-N-T-E-R-R-O-G-A-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1An instance of interrogating.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how interrogating appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now, wisdom to the other can materialize, for example, in terms of the interrogatings, actionings, and understandings that will take place beyond 'a set of self-serving narratives' facilitating the deployment of epistemic power […]
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inetrrogating
- innterrogating
- interogating
- interorgating
- interrgoating
- interroagting
- interrogaitng
- interrogatign
- interrogatingg
- interrogatinng
- interrogatnig
- interrogatting
- interroggating
- interrogtaing
- intrerogating
- intterrogating
- itnerrogating
- niterrogating
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of interrogating - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "interrogating", 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 (18 here; floor ≥5).