promising
/ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/
"promising" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“promising” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,001. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,001
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
Corpus desk
Index EN-promising · promising · English
promising · rank #6,001 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,001
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH preference
Nearest frequency peer: preference (-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 “promising”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- potato
potato
94,003 corpus weight
- potter
potter
94,002 corpus weight
- preference
preference
94,001 corpus weight
- promising
promising
94,000 corpus weight
- proportion
proportion
93,999 corpus weight
- rage
rage
93,997 corpus weight
What this shows “promising” 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 | promising |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #6,001 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “promising”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around promising (IPA /ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,001 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for promising, with forms such as "pormising", "ppromising", and "prmoising". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "providing", "promoting", "prompting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is promising, spelled P-R-O-M-I-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
- 2Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how promising appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
a promising young apprentice
The obtained low and anisotropic thermal conductivity, and feasibility of synthesis, in addition to other reports on high electron mobility, make arsenene a promising material for a variety of applications, including thermal management and thermoelectric devices..
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pormising
- ppromising
- prmoising
- proimsing
- promiisng
- promisign
- promisingg
- promisinng
- promisnig
- promissing
- prommising
- promsiing
- prromising
- rpomising
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of promising - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "promising", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).