triggering
"triggering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“triggering” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,536
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That triggers or initiates.
Corpus desk
Index EN-triggering · triggering · English
triggering · rank #15,536 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,536
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tulsa
Nearest frequency peer: Tulsa (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “triggering”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tit
tit
84,468 corpus weight
- toned
toned
84,467 corpus weight
- triggering
triggering
84,465 corpus weight
- Tulsa
Tulsa
84,464 corpus weight
- twenties
twenties
84,463 corpus weight
- UFO
UFO
84,462 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “triggering” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | triggering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “triggering” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around triggering, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,536 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "That triggers or initiates.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for triggering, with forms such as "rtiggering", "tirggering", and "trgigering". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is triggering, spelled T-R-I-G-G-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1That triggers or initiates.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how triggering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
With assembly line consistency, Martin receives countless rejections from faceless editors—a triggering reminder for any literary hopeful navigating the modern culture industry.
Not so very long ago, the notion of saliva was considered so triggering that the chicken chain KFC dropped its “finger-lickin’ good” catchphrase, calling it “the most inappropriate slogan for 2020.”
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtiggering
- tirggering
- trgigering
- trigegring
- trigering
- triggeirng
- triggerign
- triggeringg
- triggerinng
- triggernig
- triggerring
- triggreing
- trriggering
- ttriggering
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of triggering - 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 "triggering", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- Usage frequency rank #15,536 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.