talking
/ˈtɔːkɪŋ/
"talking" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“talking” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #520
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The action of the verb talk.
Corpus desk
Index EN-talking · talking · English
talking · rank #520 · 11 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #520
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH six
Nearest frequency peer: six (-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 “talking”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- political
political
99,484 corpus weight
- quite
quite
99,483 corpus weight
- six
six
99,482 corpus weight
- talking
talking
99,481 corpus weight
- west
west
99,480 corpus weight
- works
works
99,479 corpus weight
What this shows “talking” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | talking |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “talking”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around talking (IPA /ˈtɔːkɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #520 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The action of the verb talk.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for talking, with forms such as "atlking", "takling", and "talikng". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "taxing", "taping", "tiling", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English talkynge. By surface analysis, talk + -ing. The correct English form is talking, spelled T-A-L-K-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The action of the verb talk.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how talking appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant.
1864–65, Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her? He did not himself care for the loose little talkings, half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness.
Etymology
From Middle English talkynge. By surface analysis, talk + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atlking
- takling
- talikng
- talkign
- talkingg
- talkinng
- talkking
- talknig
- tallking
- tlaking
- ttalking
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talking - 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.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "talking", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).