lasting
/ˈlɑːstɪŋ/
"lasting" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lasting” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,979. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,979
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persisting for an extended period of time.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lasting · lasting · English
lasting · rank #5,979 · 11 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,979
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH keyboard
Nearest frequency peer: keyboard (-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 “lasting”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- hybrid
hybrid
94,026 corpus weight
- intentions
intentions
94,025 corpus weight
- keyboard
keyboard
94,023 corpus weight
- lasting
lasting
94,022 corpus weight
- locally
locally
94,021 corpus weight
- mild
mild
94,019 corpus weight
What this shows “lasting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | lasting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lasting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around lasting (IPA /ˈlɑːstɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,979 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for lasting, with forms such as "alsting", "lasitng", and "lassting". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "Latin", "losing", "laying", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is lasting, spelled L-A-S-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Persisting for an extended period of time.
- 2Persisting forever.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lasting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
After World War I it was hoped that a lasting peace had been achieved. It hadn’t.
I was taken to the theatre for the first time when I was six years old, and the experience made a lasting impression on me.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- alsting
- lasitng
- lassting
- lastign
- lastingg
- lastinng
- lastnig
- lastting
- latsing
- llasting
- lsating
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lasting - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "lasting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).