paying
/ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/
"paying" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“paying” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,834. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,834
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of pay
Corpus desk
Index EN-paying · paying · English
paying · rank #1,834 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,834
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH operating
Nearest frequency peer: operating (-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 “paying”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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98,170 corpus weight
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Mexico
98,169 corpus weight
- operating
operating
98,168 corpus weight
- paying
paying
98,167 corpus weight
- presented
presented
98,166 corpus weight
- raise
raise
98,165 corpus weight
What this shows “paying” 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 | paying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “paying”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around paying (IPA /ˈpeɪ.ɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,834 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of pay".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for paying, with forms such as "apying", "paiyng", and "payign". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ping", "Payne", "posing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From pay + -ing. The correct English form is paying, spelled P-A-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of pay
Etymology
From pay + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apying
- paiyng
- payign
- payingg
- payinng
- paynig
- payying
- ppaying
- pyaing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of paying - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).