knitting
/ˈnɪtɪŋ/
"knitting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“knitting” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,058. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,058
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of knit
Corpus desk
Index EN-knitting · knitting · English
knitting · rank #16,058 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,058
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH keystone
Nearest frequency peer: keystone (-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 “knitting”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ISS
ISS
83,946 corpus weight
- jars
jars
83,945 corpus weight
- keystone
keystone
83,944 corpus weight
- knitting
knitting
83,943 corpus weight
- Kramer
Kramer
83,942 corpus weight
- kudos
kudos
83,941 corpus weight
What this shows “knitting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | knitting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈnɪtɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “knitting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around knitting (IPA /ˈnɪtɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,058 among 1,236 “K” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of knit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for knitting, with forms such as "kintting", "kknitting", and "kniting". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English knyttynge; equivalent to knit + -ing. The correct English form is knitting, spelled K-N-I-T-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of knit
Etymology
From Middle English knyttynge; equivalent to knit + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- kintting
- kknitting
- kniting
- knititng
- knittign
- knittingg
- knittinng
- knittnig
- knnitting
- kntiting
- nkitting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of knitting - 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 "knitting", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).