suppressing

verb

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"suppressing" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suppressing” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,240
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of suppress

Corpus desk

Index EN-suppressing · suppressing · English

suppressing · rank #20,240 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #20,240
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stung

Nearest frequency peer: stung (-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 “suppressing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “suppressing” 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).

suppressing vs suppression
82% similar

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

Key facts for suppressing
PropertyValue
Headwordsuppressing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,240
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “suppressing”

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).suppressinglands 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 “stung” (#20,239), “swimsuit” (#20,241), “symmetrical” (#20,242). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “suppressing” is #20,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around suppressing, averb. Corpus frequency is #20,240 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of suppress".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for suppressing, with forms such as "spupressing", "ssuppressing", and "supperssing". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "suppression", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is suppressing, spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of suppress

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spupressing
  • ssuppressing
  • supperssing
  • suppresing
  • suppresisng
  • suppressign
  • suppressingg
  • suppressinng
  • suppressnig
  • supprressing
  • supprsesing
  • supressing
  • suprpessing
  • usppressing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suppressing - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

spupressing2ssuppressing1supperssing2suppresing1suppresisng2suppressign2suppressingg1suppressinng1
Edit distance from "suppressing"

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 "suppressing"?
"suppressing" is spelled S-U-P-P-R-E-S-S-I-N-G.
What does "suppressing" mean?
As a verb, "suppressing" means: present participle and gerund of suppress
What words are commonly confused with "suppressing"?
"suppressing" is commonly confused with "suppression". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "suppressing" come from?
"suppressing" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

symmetrical#20,242unexplained#20,252Yellowstone#20,272predominant#20,190

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

specialize14 variantsreckoning14 variantsadversely14 variantsconcerted14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list