losing
/ˈluːzɪŋ/
"losing" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“losing” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,487
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of lose
Corpus desk
Index EN-losing · losing · English
losing · rank #1,487 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,487
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH learned
Nearest frequency peer: learned (-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 “losing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- finding
finding
98,517 corpus weight
- glass
glass
98,516 corpus weight
- learned
learned
98,515 corpus weight
- losing
losing
98,514 corpus weight
- mobile
mobile
98,513 corpus weight
- northern
northern
98,512 corpus weight
What this shows “losing” 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 | losing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈluːzɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “losing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around losing (IPA /ˈluːzɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,487 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of lose".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for losing, with forms such as "llosing", "loisng", and "losign". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lying", "Lovin", "loving", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is losing, spelled L-O-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of lose
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- llosing
- loisng
- losign
- losingg
- losinng
- losnig
- lossing
- lsoing
- olsing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of losing - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "losing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).