plaguing
"plaguing" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“plaguing” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,313
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - annoyance; harassment
Corpus desk
Index EN-plaguing · plaguing · English
plaguing · rank #43,313 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #43,313
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH plantain
Nearest frequency peer: plantain (+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 “plaguing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pessimist
pessimist
56,692 corpus weight
- physiothera…
physiotherapist
56,691 corpus weight
- piecing
piecing
56,690 corpus weight
- plaguing
plaguing
56,688 corpus weight
- plantain
plantain
56,687 corpus weight
- podcasting
podcasting
56,686 corpus weight
What this shows “plaguing” 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 | plaguing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,313 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “plaguing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around plaguing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,313 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "annoyance; harassment".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for plaguing, with forms such as "lpaguing", "palguing", and "plagguing". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "playing", "plating", "planing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is plaguing, spelled P-L-A-G-U-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1annoyance; harassment
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how plaguing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Every man, Mexican and child on the ranch was the devoted courtier of Miss Jean, for she was a lovable woman; and in spite of her isolated life and the constant plaguings of her brother on being a spinster, she fitted neatly into our pastoral life.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpaguing
- palguing
- plagguing
- plagiung
- plaguign
- plaguingg
- plaguinng
- plagunig
- plauging
- plgauing
- pllaguing
- pplaguing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of plaguing - 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 "plaguing", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).