sweating
/ˈswɛtɪŋ/
"sweating" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sweating” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #11,982 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,982
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
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 | sweating |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈswɛtɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,982 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sweating” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for sweating is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈswɛtɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,982 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sweating, with forms such as "sewating", "ssweating", and "swaeting". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "sweeping", "swelling", "swerving", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending). The correct English form is sweating, spelled S-W-E-A-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals.
- 2Mucilage, especially of cocoa.
- 3The gentle heating of vegetables in oil or butter.
Etymology
From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sewating,ssweating,swaeting,sweaitng,sweatign,sweatingg,sweatinng,sweatnig,sweatting,swetaing,swweating,wseating
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sweating - 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 “sweating”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-W-E-A-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈswɛtɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sweeping” - see the side-by-side comparison. sweating vs sweeping
- 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.