tasting

Name: tasting, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈteɪstɪŋ/

//ˈteɪstɪŋ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“tasting” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,151
frequency rank, English: 3,151
“T” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small amount of food or drink.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tasting · tasting · English

tasting · rank #12,151 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #12,151
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 3,151
PHOTO-FINISH sway

Nearest frequency peer: sway (-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.

statues

87,853
stein

87,852
sway

87,851
tasting

87,850
tempting

87,849
terminate

87,848

What this shows “tasting” 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).

tasting vs taxing

71% similar

tasting vs testing

86% similar

tasting vs texting

71% similar

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

Key facts for tasting
Property	Value
Headword	tasting
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈteɪstɪŋ/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#12,151
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tasting”

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).tastinglands here:

#12,151

#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 “sway” (#12,150), “tempting” (#12,152), “stein” (#12,149). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “tasting” is #12,151. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around tasting (IPA /ˈteɪstɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,151 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tasting, with forms such as "atsting", "tasitng", and "tassting". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "taxing", "testing", "texting", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending). The correct English form is tasting, spelled T-A-S-T-I-N-G.

Definition

1
A small amount of food or drink.
2
The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

Etymology

From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending).

Synonyms

degustation

This word in other languages

cata(Español)dégustation(Français)Verkostung(Deutsch)degustação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

atsting
tasitng
tassting
tastign
tastingg
tastinng
tastnig
tastting
tatsing
ttasting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tasting - 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.

Edit distance from "tasting"

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 "tasting"?

"tasting" is spelled T-A-S-T-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈteɪstɪŋ/.

What does "tasting" mean?

As a noun, "tasting" means: A small amount of food or drink.

What words are commonly confused with "tasting"?

"tasting" is commonly confused with "taxing", "testing", "texting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "tasting"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tasting" is /ˈteɪstɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "tasting"?

From Middle English tastynge, taastyng, equivalent to taste + -ing (gerundive ending). See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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