inviting
/ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/
"inviting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“inviting” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,804. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,804
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alluring; tempting; attractive.
Corpus desk
Index EN-inviting · inviting · English
inviting · rank #8,804 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,804
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH instinct
Nearest frequency peer: instinct (-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 “inviting”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- honors
honors
91,201 corpus weight
- instinct
instinct
91,198 corpus weight
- inviting
inviting
91,197 corpus weight
- irony
irony
91,196 corpus weight
- Ivan
Ivan
91,195 corpus weight
- Joyce
Joyce
91,194 corpus weight
What this shows “inviting” 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 | inviting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “inviting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around inviting (IPA /ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,804 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alluring; tempting; attractive.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for inviting, with forms such as "inivting", "innviting", and "inviitng". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "insisting", "inventing", 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is inviting, spelled I-N-V-I-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alluring; tempting; attractive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inviting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The station has a bright and airy feel and the refurbishment works have provided a modern and inviting station environment for passengers.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inivting
- innviting
- inviitng
- invitign
- invitingg
- invitinng
- invitnig
- invitting
- invtiing
- invviting
- ivniting
- niviting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inviting - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "inviting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).