parachuting

noun

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"parachuting" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“parachuting” is uncommon English (frequency #55,002 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,002
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.

Corpus desk

Index EN-parachuting · parachuting · English

parachuting · rank #55,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,002
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH Palacios

Nearest frequency peer: Palacios (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “parachuting”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “parachuting” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for parachuting
PropertyValue
Headwordparachuting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,002
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “parachuting” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).parachutingfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Palacios” (#55,001), “Paraguayan” (#55,004), “peaky” (#55,005). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “parachuting” is #55,002. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parachuting is uncommon English at frequency #55,002 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.".

Zero misspellings are on record for parachuting in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From parachute + -ing. The correct English form is parachuting, spelled P-A-R-A-C-H-U-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.

Etymology

From parachute + -ing.

This word in other languages

paracaidismo(Español)parachutisme(Français)Fallschirmspringen(Deutsch)paraquedismo(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "parachuting"?
"parachuting" is spelled P-A-R-A-C-H-U-T-I-N-G.
What does "parachuting" mean?
As a noun, "parachuting" means: The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.
What is the origin of the word "parachuting"?
From parachute + -ing. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "parachuting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list