singling
"singling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“singling” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,884
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Liquid collected from the wash, or fermented wort; low wine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-singling · singling · English
singling · rank #41,884 · 13 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,884
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Silurian
Nearest frequency peer: Silurian (-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 “singling”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- shockwave
shockwave
58,121 corpus weight
- Silurian
Silurian
58,118 corpus weight
- singling
singling
58,117 corpus weight
- sinning
sinning
58,116 corpus weight
- skeet
skeet
58,115 corpus weight
- slouch
slouch
58,113 corpus weight
What this shows “singling” 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 | singling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,884 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “singling”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around singling, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,884 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 singling, with forms such as "isngling", "signling", and "singgling". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "sinking", "sinning", "swinging", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is singling, spelled S-I-N-G-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Liquid collected from the wash, or fermented wort; low wine.
- 2The reduction of a railway line from double-track to single-track.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how singling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] associated with this project would be the singling of the line from Selby to Shipton Lane, 2½ miles from Market Weighton, and the working of this section on the one-engine-in-steam principle, […]
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- isngling
- signling
- singgling
- singilng
- singlign
- singlingg
- singlinng
- singlling
- singlnig
- sinlging
- sinngling
- snigling
- ssingling
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of singling - 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "singling"?
What does "singling" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "singling"?
What language does "singling" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "singling", 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).