shaving
/ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/
"shaving" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shaving” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,682. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,682
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shaving · shaving · English
shaving · rank #12,682 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,682
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sexist
Nearest frequency peer: sexist (-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 “shaving”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- seekers
seekers
87,322 corpus weight
- sentencing
sentencing
87,321 corpus weight
- sexist
sexist
87,320 corpus weight
- shaving
shaving
87,319 corpus weight
- shutdown
shutdown
87,318 corpus weight
- sic
sic
87,317 corpus weight
What this shows “shaving” 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 | shaving |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #12,682 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shaving”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around shaving (IPA /ˈʃeɪvɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,682 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for shaving, with forms such as "hsaving", "sahving", and "shaivng". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "showing", "staying", "stating", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is shaving, spelled S-H-A-V-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
- 2The action of having a shave.
- 3A stabbing.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shaving appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On numerous occasions countless bootings and shavings, it's blatant Double tap when I slap this gauge ting Or it's ching-chao when I swing this stainless
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsaving
- sahving
- shaivng
- shavign
- shavingg
- shavinng
- shavnig
- shavving
- shhaving
- shvaing
- sshaving
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shaving - 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 "shaving", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).