pitching
/ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/
"pitching" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pitching” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,423
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of pitch
Corpus desk
Index EN-pitching · pitching · English
pitching · rank #10,423 · 13 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,423
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH perfume
Nearest frequency peer: perfume (-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 “pitching”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Pedro
Pedro
89,581 corpus weight
- pens
pens
89,580 corpus weight
- perfume
perfume
89,579 corpus weight
- pitching
pitching
89,578 corpus weight
- pleasing
pleasing
89,577 corpus weight
- prestige
prestige
89,575 corpus weight
What this shows “pitching” 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 | pitching |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “pitching”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around pitching (IPA /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,423 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of pitch".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pitching, with forms such as "iptching", "picthing", and "pitcching". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "pitting", "punching", "picking", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is pitching, spelled P-I-T-C-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of pitch
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pitching appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iptching
- picthing
- pitcching
- pitchhing
- pitchign
- pitchingg
- pitchinng
- pitchnig
- pitcihng
- pithcing
- pittching
- ppitching
- ptiching
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pitching - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pitching", 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).