lamenting
"lamenting" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lamenting” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,305. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,305
- frequency rank, English
- 16,425
- “L” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lamentation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lamenting · lamenting · English
lamenting · rank #33,305 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,305
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 16,425
- PHOTO-FINISH laborer
Nearest frequency peer: laborer (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lamenting”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- knighthood
knighthood
66,699 corpus weight
- kryptonite
kryptonite
66,698 corpus weight
- laborer
laborer
66,697 corpus weight
- lamenting
lamenting
66,696 corpus weight
- lefties
lefties
66,695 corpus weight
- Levi's
Levi's
66,693 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lamenting” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lamenting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lamenting” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around lamenting, anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,305 among 16,425 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lamentation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for lamenting, with forms such as "almenting", "laemnting", and "lamenitng". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is lamenting, spelled L-A-M-E-N-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Lamentation.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- almenting
- laemnting
- lamenitng
- lamennting
- lamentign
- lamentingg
- lamentinng
- lamentnig
- lamentting
- lametning
- lammenting
- lamneting
- llamenting
- lmaenting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lamenting - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lamenting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
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.