patting
/ˈpætɪŋ/
"patting" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“patting” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,530. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,530
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act by which something is patted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-patting · patting · English
patting · rank #32,530 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,530
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH overbearing
Nearest frequency peer: overbearing (-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 “patting”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- outstretched
outstretched
67,473 corpus weight
- overbearing
overbearing
67,472 corpus weight
- patting
patting
67,471 corpus weight
- pectoral
pectoral
67,470 corpus weight
- Percival
Percival
67,469 corpus weight
- perplexing
perplexing
67,468 corpus weight
What this shows “patting” 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 | patting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpætɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #32,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “patting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around patting (IPA /ˈpætɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,530 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act by which something is patted.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for patting, with forms such as "aptting", "pating", and "patitng". 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", "paving", "Patton", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 patting, spelled P-A-T-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act by which something is patted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how patting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is safe to say that Betty was fully dressed, to the last little pattings and fluffings of her blue morning dress, before ten minutes was up, and, with Mrs. Irving, was walking with rapidly beating heart down the hall toward Allen's room.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aptting
- pating
- patitng
- pattign
- pattingg
- pattinng
- pattnig
- ppatting
- ptating
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of patting - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "patting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).