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suiting

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "suiting", 7-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "suiting" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "suiting" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

suiting is aEnglishnoun. It means: fabric for making suits Often confused with surfing and summing.

Key facts for suiting
PropertyValue
Headwordsuiting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#46,800
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of suiting in English word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for suiting is 7 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #46,800 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "fabric for making suits".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for suiting, with forms such as "siuting", "ssuiting", and "suiitng". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "surfing", "summing", "sulking", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is suiting, spelled S-U-I-T-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fabric for making suits

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: siuting,ssuiting,suiitng,suitign,suitingg,suitinng,suitnig,suitting,sutiing,usiting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for suiting

Misspelling Variants of "suiting"

siuting7ssuiting8suiitng7suitign7suitingg8suitinng8suitnig7suitting8
Misspelling Variants of "suiting"

Frequency rank: #46,800 in English

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suiting"?
"suiting" is spelled S-U-I-T-I-N-G.
What does "suiting" mean?
As a noun, "suiting" means: fabric for making suits
What words are commonly confused with "suiting"?
"suiting" is commonly confused with "surfing", "summing", "sulking". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "suiting" come from?
"suiting" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.