pertaining
/pɚˈteɪnɪŋ/
"pertaining" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pertaining” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,036
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of pertain
Corpus desk
Index EN-pertaining · pertaining · English
pertaining · rank #13,036 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,036
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH Parsons
Nearest frequency peer: Parsons (-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 “pertaining”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pairing
pairing
86,968 corpus weight
- pam
pam
86,967 corpus weight
- Parsons
Parsons
86,966 corpus weight
- pertaining
pertaining
86,965 corpus weight
- poke
poke
86,964 corpus weight
- Portsmouth
Portsmouth
86,962 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pertaining” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pertaining |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɚˈteɪnɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pertaining” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around pertaining (IPA /pɚˈteɪnɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,036 among 46,516 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of pertain".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for pertaining, with forms such as "eprtaining", "peratining", and "perrtaining". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is pertaining, spelled P-E-R-T-A-I-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of pertain
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eprtaining
- peratining
- perrtaining
- pertaiinng
- pertainign
- pertainingg
- pertaininng
- pertainnig
- pertainning
- pertaniing
- pertianing
- perttaining
- petraining
- ppertaining
- pretaining
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pertaining - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pertaining", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).
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.