recovering

verb

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"recovering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“recovering” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,086. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,086
frequency rank, English
3,094
“R” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of recover

Corpus desk

Index EN-recovering · recovering · English

recovering · rank #9,086 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,086
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,094
  • PHOTO-FINISH rains

Nearest frequency peer: rains (-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 “recovering”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “recovering” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for recovering
PropertyValue
Headwordrecovering
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,086
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “recovering”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).recoveringlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “rains” (#9,085), “renewal” (#9,087), “que” (#9,084). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “recovering” is #9,086. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around recovering, averb. Corpus frequency is #9,086 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of recover".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for recovering, with forms such as "ercovering", "rceovering", and "reccovering". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing. The correct English form is recovering, spelled R-E-C-O-V-E-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of recover

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how recovering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. a recovering drug addict

Etymology

From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ercovering
  • rceovering
  • reccovering
  • recoevring
  • recoveirng
  • recoverign
  • recoveringg
  • recoverinng
  • recovernig
  • recoverring
  • recovreing
  • recovvering
  • recvoering
  • reocvering
  • rrecovering

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recovering - 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.

ercovering2rceovering2reccovering1recoevring2recoveirng2recoverign2recoveringg1recoverinng1
Edit distance from "recovering"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "recovering"?
"recovering" is spelled R-E-C-O-V-E-R-I-N-G.
What does "recovering" mean?
As a verb, "recovering" means: present participle and gerund of recover
What are common misspellings of "recovering"?
Common misspellings include "ercovering", "rceovering", "reccovering", "recoevring", "recoveirng". The correct spelling is "recovering".
What is the origin of the word "recovering"?
From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "recovering", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list