misbehaving

noun

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"misbehaving" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“misbehaving” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,275. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,275
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bad conduct or actions

Corpus desk

Index EN-misbehaving · misbehaving · English

misbehaving · rank #42,275 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,275
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH minty

Nearest frequency peer: minty (-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 “misbehaving”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “misbehaving” 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
Key facts for misbehaving
PropertyValue
Headwordmisbehaving
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#42,275
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “misbehaving”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).misbehavinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “minty” (#42,274), “mimosa” (#42,273), “moldy” (#42,277). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “misbehaving” is #42,275. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around misbehaving, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,275 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bad conduct or actions".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for misbehaving, with forms such as "imsbehaving", "mibsehaving", and "misbbehaving". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English misbehaving, equivalent to misbehave + -ing. The correct English form is misbehaving, spelled M-I-S-B-E-H-A-V-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    bad conduct or actions

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. My misbehavings make him cry?
  2. While he fears that the father may be angry for his misbehaving, a child would never fear that the father will kill him for misbehaving.

Etymology

From Middle English misbehaving, equivalent to misbehave + -ing.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imsbehaving
  • mibsehaving
  • misbbehaving
  • misbeahving
  • misbehaivng
  • misbehavign
  • misbehavingg
  • misbehavinng
  • misbehavnig
  • misbehavving
  • misbehhaving
  • misbehvaing
  • misbheaving
  • misebhaving
  • missbehaving
  • mmisbehaving
  • msibehaving

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imsbehaving2mibsehaving2misbbehaving1misbeahving2misbehaivng2misbehavign2misbehavingg1misbehavinng1
Edit distance from "misbehaving"

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 "misbehaving"?
"misbehaving" is spelled M-I-S-B-E-H-A-V-I-N-G.
What does "misbehaving" mean?
As a noun, "misbehaving" means: bad conduct or actions
What are common misspellings of "misbehaving"?
Common misspellings include "imsbehaving", "mibsehaving", "misbbehaving", "misbeahving", "misbehaivng". The correct spelling is "misbehaving".
What is the origin of the word "misbehaving"?
From Middle English misbehaving, equivalent to misbehave + -ing. 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 "misbehaving", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list