spinning
/ˈspɪnɪŋ/
"spinning" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spinning” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,399. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,399
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The motion of something that spins.
Corpus desk
Index EN-spinning · spinning · English
spinning · rank #7,399 · 11 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,399
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slower
Nearest frequency peer: slower (-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 “spinning”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- shifting
shifting
92,605 corpus weight
- shining
shining
92,604 corpus weight
- slower
slower
92,603 corpus weight
- spinning
spinning
92,602 corpus weight
- Stanford
Stanford
92,601 corpus weight
- stepping
stepping
92,600 corpus weight
What this shows “spinning” 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 | spinning |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈspɪnɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,399 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “spinning”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around spinning (IPA /ˈspɪnɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,399 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 spinning, with forms such as "psinning", "sipnning", and "spining". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "stunning", "swinging", "spitting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is spinning, spelled S-P-I-N-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The motion of something that spins.
- 2The process of converting fibres into yarn or thread.
- 3Indoor cycling on an exercise bicycle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how spinning appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
these uncontrollable spinnings of the head
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- psinning
- sipnning
- spining
- spininng
- spinnign
- spinningg
- spinninng
- spinnnig
- spnining
- sppinning
- sspinning
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of spinning - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "spinning", 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 (11 here; floor ≥5).