strutting

noun

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"strutting" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“strutting” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,396. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,396
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of one who struts.

Corpus desk

Index EN-strutting · strutting · English

strutting · rank #41,396 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,396
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Straus

Nearest frequency peer: Straus (-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 “strutting”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “strutting” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

strutting vs stunting
78% similar
strutting vs shutting
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for strutting
PropertyValue
Headwordstrutting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#41,396
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “strutting”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).struttinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Straus” (#41,395), “subsidence” (#41,397), “Stoll” (#41,394). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “strutting” is #41,396. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around strutting, anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,396 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of one who struts.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for strutting, with forms such as "srtutting", "sstrutting", and "strrutting". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "stunting", "shutting", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is strutting, spelled S-T-R-U-T-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of one who struts.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how strutting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srtutting
  • sstrutting
  • strrutting
  • strtuting
  • struting
  • strutitng
  • struttign
  • struttingg
  • struttinng
  • struttnig
  • sttrutting
  • sturtting
  • tsrutting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of strutting - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

srtutting2sstrutting1strrutting1strtuting2struting1strutitng2struttign2struttingg1
Edit distance from "strutting"

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 "strutting"?
"strutting" is spelled S-T-R-U-T-T-I-N-G.
What does "strutting" mean?
As a noun, "strutting" means: The act of one who struts.
What words are commonly confused with "strutting"?
"strutting" is commonly confused with "stunting", "shutting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "strutting" come from?
"strutting" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "strutting", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list