stunning
"stunning" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“stunning” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #4,556 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #4,556
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having an effect that stuns.
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 | stunning |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,556 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “stunning” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for stunning is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #4,556 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for stunning, with forms such as "sstunning", "stnuning", and "sttunning". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "stunting", "stunningly", "stoning", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing. The correct English form is stunning, spelled S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Having an effect that stuns.
- 2Exceptionally beautiful or attractive.
- 3Amazing; wonderfully good.
Etymology
From Middle English stunnyng, stunnynge, stounyng, equivalent to stun + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sstunning,stnuning,sttunning,stuning,stuninng,stunnign,stunningg,stunninng,stunnnig,sutnning,tsunning
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of stunning - 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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Using “stunning”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “stunting” - see the side-by-side comparison. stunning vs stunting
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.