sifting
"sifting" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sifting” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,284. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,284
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of sift
Corpus desk
Index EN-sifting · sifting · English
sifting · rank #34,284 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,284
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sheng
Nearest frequency peer: sheng (-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 “sifting”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- shearing
shearing
65,720 corpus weight
- shelving
shelving
65,719 corpus weight
- sheng
sheng
65,718 corpus weight
- sifting
sifting
65,717 corpus weight
- sighing
sighing
65,716 corpus weight
- Sina
Sina
65,715 corpus weight
What this shows “sifting” 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 | sifting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #34,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sifting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around sifting, averb. Corpus frequency is #34,284 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of sift".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sifting, with forms such as "isfting", "sfiting", and "siffting". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sting", "sizing", "siting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English syftynge; equivalent to sift + -ing. The correct English form is sifting, spelled S-I-F-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of sift
Etymology
From Middle English syftynge; equivalent to sift + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isfting
- sfiting
- siffting
- sifitng
- siftign
- siftingg
- siftinng
- siftnig
- siftting
- sitfing
- ssifting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sifting - 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 "sifting", 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).