teething
/ˈtiːðɪŋ/
"teething" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teething” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,555. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,555
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.
Corpus desk
Index EN-teething · teething · English
teething · rank #35,555 · 12 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,555
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Toowoomba
Nearest frequency peer: Toowoomba (+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 “teething”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- taka
taka
64,450 corpus weight
- teak
teak
64,449 corpus weight
- teary
teary
64,448 corpus weight
- teething
teething
64,446 corpus weight
- Toowoomba
Toowoomba
64,445 corpus weight
- TPS
TPS
64,443 corpus weight
What this shows “teething” 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 | teething |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtiːðɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #35,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “teething”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around teething (IPA /ˈtiːðɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,555 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for teething, with forms such as "etething", "teehting", and "teethhing". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "testing", "texting", "tweeting", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From teethe + -ing. The correct English form is teething, spelled T-E-E-T-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how teething appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But with night feedings and night teethings, often the greatest challenge of all for a young mother is simply fatigue.
Etymology
From teethe + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etething
- teehting
- teethhing
- teethign
- teethingg
- teethinng
- teethnig
- teetihng
- teetthing
- tetehing
- tething
- tteething
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teething - 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.
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 "teething", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).