pleasing
/ˈpliːzɪŋ/
"pleasing" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pleasing” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,424. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,424
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pleasing · pleasing · English
pleasing · rank #10,424 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,424
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pitching
Nearest frequency peer: pitching (-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 “pleasing”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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 Bars show where “pleasing” 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 | pleasing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpliːzɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #10,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pleasing” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around pleasing (IPA /ˈpliːzɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,424 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pleasing, with forms such as "lpeasing", "pelasing", and "plaesing". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "pressing", "pledging", "playing", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing. The correct English form is pleasing, spelled P-L-E-A-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pleasing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
These two designs were neat and handsome, by modern standards, and very pleasing in appearance.
Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost.
Etymology
From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lpeasing
- pelasing
- plaesing
- pleaisng
- pleasign
- pleasingg
- pleasinng
- pleasnig
- pleassing
- plesaing
- plleasing
- ppleasing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pleasing - 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.
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 September 3, 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 "pleasing", 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).
What to do next
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- "pleasing" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pressing". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,424 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
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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.