intruding

noun

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"intruding" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“intruding” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,212. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,212
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intrusion

Corpus desk

Index EN-intruding · intruding · English

intruding · rank #42,212 · 14 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,212
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH intracranial

Nearest frequency peer: intracranial (-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 “intruding”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “intruding” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

intruding vs including
78% similar
intruding vs intending
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for intruding
PropertyValue
Headwordintruding
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#42,212
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “intruding”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).intrudinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “intracranial” (#42,211), “irreducible” (#42,213), “intifada” (#42,210). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “intruding” is #42,212. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around intruding, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,212 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "intrusion".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for intruding, with forms such as "inntruding", "inrtuding", and "intrduing". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "including", "intending", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is intruding, spelled I-N-T-R-U-D-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    intrusion

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how intruding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] he rose and adjusted his alarm-clock, so that it would emphatically repeat the hour of five. Then to bed again, and driving off all intrudings of thoughtfulness, and resolutely bending himself to slumber, he by-and-by fell into its […] arms.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inntruding
  • inrtuding
  • intrduing
  • intrruding
  • intrudding
  • intrudign
  • intrudingg
  • intrudinng
  • intrudnig
  • intruidng
  • inttruding
  • inturding
  • itnruding
  • nitruding

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of intruding - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inntruding1inrtuding2intrduing2intrruding1intrudding1intrudign2intrudingg1intrudinng1
Edit distance from "intruding"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "intruding"?
"intruding" is spelled I-N-T-R-U-D-I-N-G.
What does "intruding" mean?
As a noun, "intruding" means: intrusion
What words are commonly confused with "intruding"?
"intruding" is commonly confused with "including", "intending". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "intruding" come from?
"intruding" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "intruding", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

innkeeper#42,206hunchback#42,188humongous#42,187lifeblood#42,240

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

hydroxyl14 variantslumbering14 variantsmaelstrom14 variantsfestering14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list