landing
/ˈlændɪŋ/
"landing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“landing” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,634 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,634
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
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 | landing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlændɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #3,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “landing” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for landing is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈlændɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,634 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for landing, with forms such as "alnding", "ladning", and "landding". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "laying", "lining", "Landon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, land + -ing. The correct English form is landing, spelled L-A-N-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.
- 2A place on a shoreline where a boat lands.
- 3A level area at the top of a flight of stairs, or connecting one flight with another.
- 4The amount of fish caught, as in a specific area or on a particular expedition.
Etymology
By surface analysis, land + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: alnding,ladning,landding,landign,landingg,landinng,landnig,lanidng,lannding,llanding,lnading
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of landing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “landing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is L-A-N-D-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈlændɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “laying” - see the side-by-side comparison. landing vs laying
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.