neighbouring
"neighbouring" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“neighbouring” has 18 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,092
- frequency rank, English
- 1,534
- “N” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of neighboring.
Corpus desk
Index EN-neighbouring · neighbouring · English
neighbouring · rank #10,092 · 18 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #10,092
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,534
- PHOTO-FINISH Napoleon
Nearest frequency peer: Napoleon (-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 “neighbouring”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- mold
mold
89,912 corpus weight
- nailed
nailed
89,911 corpus weight
- Napoleon
Napoleon
89,910 corpus weight
- neighbouring
neighbouring
89,909 corpus weight
- Nigel
Nigel
89,908 corpus weight
- objection
objection
89,907 corpus weight
What this shows “neighbouring” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | neighbouring |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #10,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “neighbouring”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around neighbouring, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,092 among 1,534 “N” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Alternative spelling of neighboring.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for neighbouring, with forms such as "enighbouring", "negihbouring", and "neigbhouring". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "neighboring", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is neighbouring, spelled N-E-I-G-H-B-O-U-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of neighboring.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how neighbouring appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If this was unrestricted freehold, the land is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason of its shape and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land was acquired.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enighbouring
- negihbouring
- neigbhouring
- neigghbouring
- neighbbouring
- neighboruing
- neighbouirng
- neighbourign
- neighbouringg
- neighbourinng
- neighbournig
- neighbourring
- neighbuoring
- neighhbouring
- neighoburing
- neihgbouring
- nieghbouring
- nneighbouring
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of neighbouring - 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.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "neighbouring", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).