toeing
"toeing" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“toeing” is uncommon English (frequency #64,775 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,775
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - light footwork
Corpus desk
Index EN-toeing · toeing · English
toeing · rank #64,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,775
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tinkerbell
Nearest frequency peer: Tinkerbell (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “toeing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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thumbing
35,232 corpus weight
- tilak
tilak
35,231 corpus weight
- timekeeping
timekeeping
35,230 corpus weight
- Tinkerbell
Tinkerbell
35,227 corpus weight
- toeing
toeing
35,226 corpus weight
- tranquilizer
tranquilizer
35,223 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “toeing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toeing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “toeing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
toeing is uncommon English at frequency #64,775 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "light footwork".
Zero misspellings are on record for toeing in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is toeing, spelled T-O-E-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1light footwork
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how toeing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With your guitar under the windows, of moonlight nights! your Spanish fopperies and trickeries! your French phrases and toeings!
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).