shifting
"shifting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shifting” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,396. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,396
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A shift or change; a shifting movement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shifting · shifting · English
shifting · rank #7,396 · 13 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,396
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shining
Nearest frequency peer: shining (+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 “shifting”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sensible
sensible
92,608 corpus weight
- sequel
sequel
92,607 corpus weight
- shifting
shifting
92,605 corpus weight
- shining
shining
92,604 corpus weight
- slower
slower
92,603 corpus weight
- spinning
spinning
92,602 corpus weight
What this shows “shifting” 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 | shifting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “shifting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around shifting, anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,396 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for shifting, with forms such as "hsifting", "shfiting", and "shhifting". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "siting", "sitting", "shining", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is shifting, spelled S-H-I-F-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A shift or change; a shifting movement.
- 2The phenomenon by which two or more constituents appearing on the same side of their common head exchange positions to obtain non-canonical order.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how shifting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I remember the last time I saw Macbeth played, the discrepancy I felt at the changes of garment which he varied, the shiftings and reshiftings, like a Romish priest at mass.
But shiftings and readjustments ensued, as they are sure to do with a walking-party. Cope presently found himself scuffling through the thin grass and the briery thickets alongside the young business-man.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hsifting
- shfiting
- shhifting
- shiffting
- shifitng
- shiftign
- shiftingg
- shiftinng
- shiftnig
- shiftting
- shitfing
- sihfting
- sshifting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of shifting - 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.
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 "shifting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).