lining
/ˈlaɪnɪŋ/
"lining" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lining” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,570
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A covering for the inside surface of something.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lining · lining · English
lining · rank #8,570 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,570
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lil
Nearest frequency peer: lil (-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 “lining”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- leaks
leaks
91,434 corpus weight
- leverage
leverage
91,433 corpus weight
- lil
lil
91,432 corpus weight
- lining
lining
91,431 corpus weight
- Luther
Luther
91,430 corpus weight
- Manila
Manila
91,429 corpus weight
What this shows “lining” 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 | lining |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlaɪnɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,570 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “lining”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around lining (IPA /ˈlaɪnɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,570 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for lining, with forms such as "ilning", "liinng", and "linign". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "linn", "lying", "livin", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is lining, spelled L-I-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A covering for the inside surface of something.
- 2The material used for such a covering.
- 3The act of attaching such a covering.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lining appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ilning
- liinng
- linign
- liningg
- lininng
- linnig
- linning
- llining
- lniing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of lining - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).