pasting

/ˈpeɪstɪŋ/

//ˈpeɪstɪŋ// noun

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"pasting" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pasting” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,147. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,147
frequency rank, English
4,417
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of applying paste to something, or affixing something using paste.

Corpus desk

Index EN-pasting · pasting · English

pasting · rank #37,147 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,147
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,417
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pasteur

Nearest frequency peer: Pasteur (-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 “pasting”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “pasting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

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).

pasting vs paying
71% similar
pasting vs posing
71% similar
pasting vs paving
71% similar

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

Key facts for pasting
PropertyValue
Headwordpasting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpeɪstɪŋ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,147
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pasting”

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).pastinglands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Pasteur” (#37,146), “patted” (#37,148), “passable” (#37,145). Among 4,417 “P” headwords, “pasting” is #37,147. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around pasting (IPA /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,147 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pasting, with forms such as "apsting", "pasitng", and "passting". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "paying", "posing", "paving", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 pasting, spelled P-A-S-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of applying paste to something, or affixing something using paste.
  2. 2
    A defeat; a beating.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apsting
  • pasitng
  • passting
  • pastign
  • pastingg
  • pastinng
  • pastnig
  • pastting
  • patsing
  • ppasting
  • psating

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

apsting2pasitng2passting1pastign2pastingg1pastinng1pastnig2pastting1
Edit distance from "pasting"

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 "pasting"?
"pasting" is spelled P-A-S-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/.
What does "pasting" mean?
As a noun, "pasting" means: The act of applying paste to something, or affixing something using paste.
What words are commonly confused with "pasting"?
"pasting" is commonly confused with "paying", "posing", "paving". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pasting"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pasting" is /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pasting" come from?
"pasting" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Pasteur#37,146plunges#37,160outdone#37,132pontiff#37,163

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

passable11 variantsNorbert11 variantsMonrovia11 variantsMennonite11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list