languishing

noun

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"languishing" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“languishing” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,021
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who languishes.

Corpus desk

Index EN-languishing · languishing · English

languishing · rank #46,021 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,021
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH Langton

Nearest frequency peer: Langton (-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 “languishing”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “languishing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for languishing
PropertyValue
Headwordlanguishing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#46,021
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “languishing”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).languishinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Langton” (#46,020), “Lauryn” (#46,022), “Lacroix” (#46,018). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “languishing” is #46,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around languishing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,021 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of one who languishes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for languishing, with forms such as "alnguishing", "lagnuishing", and "langguishing". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is languishing, spelled L-A-N-G-U-I-S-H-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of one who languishes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how languishing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Happy, Monimia, he to whom these sighs, / These tears, and all these languishings, are paid!

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • alnguishing
  • lagnuishing
  • langguishing
  • langiushing
  • languihsing
  • languishhing
  • languishign
  • languishingg
  • languishinng
  • languishnig
  • languisihng
  • languisshing
  • langusihing
  • lannguishing
  • lanugishing
  • llanguishing
  • lnaguishing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of languishing - 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.

alnguishing2lagnuishing2langguishing1langiushing2languihsing2languishhing1languishign2languishingg1
Edit distance from "languishing"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "languishing"?
"languishing" is spelled L-A-N-G-U-I-S-H-I-N-G.
What does "languishing" mean?
As a noun, "languishing" means: The act of one who languishes.
What are common misspellings of "languishing"?
Common misspellings include "alnguishing", "lagnuishing", "langguishing", "langiushing", "languihsing". The correct spelling is "languishing".
What language does "languishing" come from?
"languishing" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "languishing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list