nauseating

adj

"nauseating" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“nauseating” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,273
frequency rank, English
1,534
“N” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Causing a feeling of nausea; disgusting and revolting.

Corpus desk

Index EN-nauseating · nauseating · English

nauseating · rank #41,273 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,273
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH nationalizati…

Nearest frequency peer: nationalization (-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 “nauseating”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “nauseating” 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 nauseating
PropertyValue
Headwordnauseating
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#41,273
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “nauseating”

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).nauseatinglands 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 “nationalization” (#41,272), “Neff” (#41,274), “Murat” (#41,270). Among 1,534 “N” headwords, “nauseating” is #41,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around nauseating, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,273 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Causing a feeling of nausea; disgusting and revolting.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for nauseating, with forms such as "anuseating", "nasueating", and "nauesating". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is nauseating, spelled N-A-U-S-E-A-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Causing a feeling of nausea; disgusting and revolting.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. But in the mean time […] it looks all ſo like ſubterfuge and inveagling; it is ſo nauſeating and teadious a task, that no man thinks he ovvs the Author ſo much ſervice as to find out the reaſon of his ovvn Categoricalneſs for him.
  2. They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anuseating
  • nasueating
  • nauesating
  • nausaeting
  • nauseaitng
  • nauseatign
  • nauseatingg
  • nauseatinng
  • nauseatnig
  • nauseatting
  • nausetaing
  • nausseating
  • nnauseating
  • nuaseating

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nauseating - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

anuseating2nasueating2nauesating2nausaeting2nauseaitng2nauseatign2nauseatingg1nauseatinng1
Edit distance from "nauseating"

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 "nauseating"?
"nauseating" is spelled N-A-U-S-E-A-T-I-N-G.
What does "nauseating" mean?
As an adjective, "nauseating" means: Causing a feeling of nausea; disgusting and revolting.
What are common misspellings of "nauseating"?
Common misspellings include "anuseating", "nasueating", "nauesating", "nausaeting", "nauseaitng". The correct spelling is "nauseating".
What language does "nauseating" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list