seasoning
"seasoning" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“seasoning” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #20,220 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,220
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | seasoning |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seasoning” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for seasoning is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #20,220 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for seasoning, with forms such as "esasoning", "saesoning", and "seaosning". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From season + -ing. The correct English form is seasoning, spelled S-E-A-S-O-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.
- 2Anything added to increase enjoyment.
- 3A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.
- 4An alcoholic intoxication.
- 5In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.
- 6The air drying of wood.
Etymology
From season + -ing.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esasoning,saesoning,seaosning,seasnoing,seasoinng,seasonign,seasoningg,seasoninng,seasonnig,seasonning,seassoning,sesaoning,sseasoning
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seasoning - 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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Using “seasoning”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-E-A-S-O-N-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.