mending

noun

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

The verdict

“mending” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,078
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act by which something is mended or repaired.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mending · mending · English

mending · rank #32,078 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,078
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH mercilessly

Nearest frequency peer: mercilessly (+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 “mending”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “mending” 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).

mending vs mining
71% similar
mending vs Messing
57% similar
mending vs molding
71% similar

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

Key facts for mending
PropertyValue
Headwordmending
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,078
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mending”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).mendinglands 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 “mercilessly” (#32,079), “meteorologist” (#32,080), “matrimony” (#32,075). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mending” is #32,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mending, anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,078 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act by which something is mended or repaired.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mending, with forms such as "emnding", "medning", and "mendding". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "mining", "Messing", "molding", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is mending, spelled M-E-N-D-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act by which something is mended or repaired.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. This road though frequently repaired had been nevertheless but little the better for the frequent mendings[…]

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emnding
  • medning
  • mendding
  • mendign
  • mendingg
  • mendinng
  • mendnig
  • menidng
  • mennding
  • mmending
  • mneding

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emnding2medning2mendding1mendign2mendingg1mendinng1mendnig2menidng2
Edit distance from "mending"

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 "mending"?
"mending" is spelled M-E-N-D-I-N-G.
What does "mending" mean?
As a noun, "mending" means: The act by which something is mended or repaired.
What words are commonly confused with "mending"?
"mending" is commonly confused with "mining", "Messing", "molding". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mending" come from?
"mending" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

midweek#32,082Minogue#32,084Mombasa#32,087lacquer#32,052

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

pardons11 variantsimitated11 variantsplunger11 variantsHarrogate11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list