latching
"latching" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“latching” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,456. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,456
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That latches.
Corpus desk
Index EN-latching · latching · English
latching · rank #49,456 · 13 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,456
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Laporte
Nearest frequency peer: Laporte (-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 “latching”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- kundalini
kundalini
50,549 corpus weight
- Lally
Lally
50,547 corpus weight
- Laporte
Laporte
50,546 corpus weight
- latching
latching
50,545 corpus weight
- laver
laver
50,544 corpus weight
- lel
lel
50,542 corpus weight
What this shows “latching” 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 | latching |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “latching”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around latching, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,456 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "That latches.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for latching, with forms such as "altching", "lacthing", and "latcching". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "laughing", "loathing", "lynching", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is latching, spelled L-A-T-C-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1That latches.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how latching appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- altching
- lacthing
- latcching
- latchhing
- latchign
- latchingg
- latchinng
- latchnig
- latcihng
- lathcing
- lattching
- llatching
- ltaching
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of latching - 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 "latching", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).