parachuting

noun

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

The verdict

“parachuting” is uncommon English (frequency #55,002 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,002
frequency rank, English
46,516
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute.

Key facts for parachuting
PropertyValue
Headwordparachuting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,002
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “parachuting” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). parachuting lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

parachuting is uncommon English at frequency #55,002 among 46,516 “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

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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Using “parachuting”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is P-A-R-A-C-H-U-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list