ordering
"ordering" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ordering” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,943
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arrangement in a sequence.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ordering · ordering · English
ordering · rank #6,943 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #6,943
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH observations
Nearest frequency peer: observations (-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 “ordering”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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93,061 corpus weight
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93,059 corpus weight
- ordering
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93,058 corpus weight
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93,057 corpus weight
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93,056 corpus weight
- peers
peers
93,055 corpus weight
What this shows “ordering” 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 | ordering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #6,943 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “ordering”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around ordering, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,943 among 1,431 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for ordering, with forms such as "odrering", "orddering", and "ordeirng". 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, "offering", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is ordering, spelled O-R-D-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Arrangement in a sequence.
- 2The placement of an order for goods or services.
- 3The act or ceremony of ordaining, as priests or deacons.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ordering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She gave the students' performances a rank ordering.
Ordering has to be complete at least six weeks before expected delivery to get our best prices.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- odrering
- orddering
- ordeirng
- orderign
- orderingg
- orderinng
- ordernig
- orderring
- ordreing
- oredring
- orrdering
- rodering
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ordering - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ordering", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).