tailoring

noun

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

The verdict

“tailoring” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,309. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,309
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Work done by a tailor.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tailoring · tailoring · English

tailoring · rank #27,309 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #27,309
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH syndicated

Nearest frequency peer: syndicated (-2 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 “tailoring”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “tailoring” 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).

tailoring vs tailing
78% similar

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

Key facts for tailoring
PropertyValue
Headwordtailoring
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,309
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tailoring”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).tailoringlands 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 “syndicated” (#27,307), “teeny” (#27,311), “sweepstakes” (#27,306). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “tailoring” is #27,309. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around tailoring, anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,309 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for tailoring, with forms such as "atiloring", "tailloring", and "tailoirng". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tailing", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is tailoring, spelled T-A-I-L-O-R-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Work done by a tailor.
  2. 2
    Any modification or ornamentation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.

This word in other languages

confección(Español)Schneiderei(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atiloring
  • tailloring
  • tailoirng
  • tailorign
  • tailoringg
  • tailorinng
  • tailornig
  • tailorring
  • tailroing
  • taiolring
  • talioring
  • tialoring
  • ttailoring

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tailoring - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

atiloring2tailloring1tailoirng2tailorign2tailoringg1tailorinng1tailornig2tailorring1
Edit distance from "tailoring"

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 "tailoring"?
"tailoring" is spelled T-A-I-L-O-R-I-N-G.
What does "tailoring" mean?
As a noun, "tailoring" means: Work done by a tailor.
What words are commonly confused with "tailoring"?
"tailoring" is commonly confused with "tailing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "tailoring" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tailoring", 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