tossing
"tossing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tossing” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,508
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tossing · tossing · English
tossing · rank #17,508 · 9 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,508
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tonic
Nearest frequency peer: tonic (-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 “tossing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- subconscious
subconscious
82,496 corpus weight
- thinker
thinker
82,495 corpus weight
- tonic
tonic
82,494 corpus weight
- tossing
tossing
82,493 corpus weight
- troublesome
troublesome
82,492 corpus weight
- tumour
tumour
82,491 corpus weight
What this shows “tossing” 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 | tossing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tossing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around tossing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,508 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tossing, with forms such as "otssing", "tosing", and "tosisng". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "toying", "touring", "touting", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 tossing, spelled T-O-S-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling.
- 2The process of washing ores by violent agitation in water, in order to separate the lighter or earthy particles; tozing.
- 3A process for refining tin by dropping it through the air while melted.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tossing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Starbuck himself was seen coolly and adroitly balancing himself to the jerking tossings of his chip of a craft.
If it is necessary buddle the Tin over again , after it is sifted ( which is the best method for cleansing most sorts of Tin , for there may lie a rough waste , that will not come off by tossing and packing ) then buddle it over again
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otssing
- tosing
- tosisng
- tossign
- tossingg
- tossinng
- tossnig
- tsosing
- ttossing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tossing - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "tossing", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).