nutting
/ˈnʌtɪŋ/
"nutting" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nutting” is an uncommon English word, ranked #53,736 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #53,736
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of nut
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nutting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈnʌtɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nutting” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for nutting is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈnʌtɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #53,736 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "present participle and gerund of nut".
nutting has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is nutting, spelled N-U-T-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of nut
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 “nutting”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-U-T-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈnʌtɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.