meeting

/ˈmiːtɪŋ/

//ˈmiːtɪŋ// noun

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"meeting" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“meeting” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #736. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#736
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of persons or things that meet.

Corpus desk

Index EN-meeting · meeting · English

meeting · rank #736 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #736
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH ground

Nearest frequency peer: ground (-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 “meeting”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “meeting” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

meeting vs Messing
57% similar
meeting vs melting
86% similar
meeting vs mending
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for meeting
PropertyValue
Headwordmeeting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmiːtɪŋ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#736
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “meeting”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).meetinglands 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 “ground” (#735), “n” (#737), “giving” (#734). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “meeting” is #736. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around meeting (IPA /ˈmiːtɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #736 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for meeting, with forms such as "emeting", "meeitng", and "meetign". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Messing", "melting", "mending", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”), Middle Low Germ… The correct English form is meeting, spelled M-E-E-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of persons or things that meet.
  2. 2
    A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
  3. 3
    The people at such a gathering.
  4. 4
    An encounter between people, even accidental.
  5. 5
    A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
  6. 6
    A religious service held by a charismatic preacher in small towns in the United States.
  7. 7
    An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Meeting him will be exciting. I enjoy meeting new people.
  2. We need to have a meeting about that soon.

Etymology

From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”), Middle Low German mö̂tinge (“meeting”). Compare also German Low German Möte (“meeting, encounter”), Danish møde (“meeting, encounter”), Swedish möte (“meeting, encounter”), Icelandic mót (“meeting”). Related to moot.

Synonyms

assemblyconvocationgatheringmeet-up

This word in other languages

encuentro(Español)rencontre(Français)Treffen(Deutsch)encontro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emeting
  • meeitng
  • meetign
  • meetingg
  • meetinng
  • meetnig
  • meetting
  • meteing
  • meting
  • mmeeting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emeting2meeitng2meetign2meetingg1meetinng1meetnig2meetting1meteing2
Edit distance from "meeting"

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 "meeting"?
"meeting" is spelled M-E-E-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmiːtɪŋ/.
What does "meeting" mean?
As a noun, "meeting" means: The act of persons or things that meet.
What words are commonly confused with "meeting"?
"meeting" is commonly confused with "Messing", "melting", "mending". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meeting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meeting" is /ˈmiːtɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "meeting"?
From Middle English meeting, meting, from Old English mēting, ġemēting (“meeting, assembly, association, society”), equivalent to meet + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian moeting (“meeting, encounter”), Dutch ontmoeting (“meeting, encounter”), Middl... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list