obtaining
/əbˈteɪnɪŋ/
"obtaining" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“obtaining” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,949. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,949
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of obtain
Corpus desk
Index EN-obtaining · obtaining · English
obtaining · rank #7,949 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,949
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH norm
Nearest frequency peer: norm (-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 “obtaining”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ni
ni
92,055 corpus weight
- Noah
Noah
92,054 corpus weight
- norm
norm
92,053 corpus weight
- obtaining
obtaining
92,052 corpus weight
- occupy
occupy
92,051 corpus weight
- offended
offended
92,050 corpus weight
What this shows “obtaining” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obtaining |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əbˈteɪnɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,949 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “obtaining”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around obtaining (IPA /əbˈteɪnɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,949 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of obtain".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for obtaining, with forms such as "botaining", "obatining", and "obbtaining". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is obtaining, spelled O-B-T-A-I-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of obtain
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- botaining
- obatining
- obbtaining
- obtaiinng
- obtainign
- obtainingg
- obtaininng
- obtainnig
- obtainning
- obtaniing
- obtianing
- obttaining
- otbaining
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of obtaining - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).