kiting
/ˈkaɪtɪŋ/
"kiting" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kiting” is uncommon English (frequency #83,421 among 9,255 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,421
- frequency rank, English
- 9,255
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of writing a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kiting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkaɪtɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kiting” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kiting is uncommon English at frequency #83,421 among 9,255 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkaɪtɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
kiting doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is kiting, spelled K-I-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of writing a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.
- 2The act of tampering with a medical prescription, increasing the number of pills or other item.
- 3Synonym of kiteboarding.
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 “kiting”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is K-I-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkaɪtɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.