pickings
/ˈpɪkɪŋz/
"pickings" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pickings” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,845
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of picking
Corpus desk
Index EN-pickings · pickings · English
pickings · rank #43,845 · 13 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,845
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH phonology
Nearest frequency peer: phonology (-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 “pickings”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- phage
phage
56,160 corpus weight
- phallic
phallic
56,159 corpus weight
- phonology
phonology
56,157 corpus weight
- pickings
pickings
56,156 corpus weight
- Pima
Pima
56,155 corpus weight
- pimping
pimping
56,154 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pickings” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | pickings |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɪkɪŋz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pickings” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around pickings (IPA /ˈpɪkɪŋz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,845 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of picking".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pickings, with forms such as "ipckings", "pcikings", and "picckings". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "picking", "packing", "pecking", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is pickings, spelled P-I-C-K-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1plural of picking
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ipckings
- pcikings
- picckings
- picikngs
- pickigns
- pickinggs
- pickingss
- pickinngs
- pickinsg
- pickkings
- picknigs
- pikcings
- ppickings
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pickings - 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.
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 "pickings", 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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- "pickings" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "picking". View pair
- 13 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #43,845 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
- PlainSpell rotates a curated Word of the Day from the English corpus, a passive way to discover vocabulary. Word of the Day
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.