retraining
"retraining" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“retraining” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,532. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,532
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - New or different training, or training in a new field.
Corpus desk
Index EN-retraining · retraining · English
retraining · rank #39,532 · 15 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,532
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH restful
Nearest frequency peer: restful (-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 “retraining”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- repose
repose
60,472 corpus weight
- reptilian
reptilian
60,471 corpus weight
- restful
restful
60,470 corpus weight
- retraining
retraining
60,469 corpus weight
- rewrote
rewrote
60,468 corpus weight
- ricochet
ricochet
60,466 corpus weight
What this shows “retraining” 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 | retraining |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #39,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “retraining”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around retraining, anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,532 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "New or different training, or training in a new field.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for retraining, with forms such as "ertraining", "rertaining", and "retarining". 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, "remaining", "retaining", "retailing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is retraining, spelled R-E-T-R-A-I-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1New or different training, or training in a new field.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how retraining appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The number of neural network retrainings in the experiments with buffer length 100 varied between 3 and 7, whereas it varied between 5 and 14 in the case of buffer length 50.
The legislation, which passed both chambers of Congress this month by wide margins, essentially reauthorizes a Clinton-era law that provided money to states and cities for job retraining.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ertraining
- rertaining
- retarining
- retraiinng
- retrainign
- retrainingg
- retraininng
- retrainnig
- retrainning
- retraniing
- retrianing
- retrraining
- rettraining
- rretraining
- rteraining
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retraining - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "retraining", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).