partying

verb

"partying" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“partying” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,241. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,241
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of party

Corpus desk

Index EN-partying · partying · English

partying · rank #15,241 · 13 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,241
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH parrot

Nearest frequency peer: parrot (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “partying”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “partying” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

partying vs paying
75% similar
partying vs prying
75% similar
partying vs praying
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for partying
PropertyValue
Headwordpartying
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,241
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “partying” sits in English frequency

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).partyinglands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “parrot” (#15,240), “Patel” (#15,242), “paddle” (#15,239). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around partying, averb. Corpus frequency is #15,241 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of party".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for partying, with forms such as "aprtying", "parrtying", and "partiyng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "paying", "prying", "praying", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is partying, spelled P-A-R-T-Y-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of party

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how partying appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Early Sunday morning in Glasgow is often a sedate affair, with the city deserted due to the effects of 'liquermortis' after a hard night's partying.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aprtying
  • parrtying
  • partiyng
  • parttying
  • partyign
  • partyingg
  • partyinng
  • partynig
  • partyying
  • paryting
  • patrying
  • ppartying
  • pratying

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of partying - 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.

aprtying2parrtying1partiyng2parttying1partyign2partyingg1partyinng1partynig2
Edit distance from "partying"

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 "partying"?
"partying" is spelled P-A-R-T-Y-I-N-G.
What does "partying" mean?
As a verb, "partying" means: present participle and gerund of party
What words are commonly confused with "partying"?
"partying" is commonly confused with "paying", "prying", "praying". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "partying" come from?
"partying" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "partying", 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 (13 here; floor ≥5).

What to do next

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  • "partying" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "paying". View pair
  • 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #15,241 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more English words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list