neighboring
/ˈneɪbəɹɪŋ/
"neighboring" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neighboring” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,698 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,698
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
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 | neighboring |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈneɪbəɹɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #8,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “neighboring” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for neighboring is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈneɪbəɹɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,698 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for neighboring, with forms such as "enighboring", "negihboring", and "neigbhoring". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "neighbouring", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is neighboring, spelled N-E-I-G-H-B-O-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Situated or living nearby or adjacent to.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enighboring,negihboring,neigbhoring,neigghboring,neighbboring,neighboirng,neighborign,neighboringg,neighborinng,neighbornig,neighborring,neighbroing,neighhboring,neighobring,neihgboring,nieghboring,nneighboring
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of neighboring - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “neighboring”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-E-I-G-H-B-O-R-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈneɪbəɹɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “neighbouring” - see the side-by-side comparison. neighboring vs neighbouring
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.