trying
/ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/
"trying" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“trying” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #322. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #322
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Difficult to endure; arduous.
Corpus desk
Index EN-trying · trying · English
trying · rank #322 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #322
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH they're
Nearest frequency peer: they're (-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 “trying”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- everyone
everyone
99,682 corpus weight
- general
general
99,681 corpus weight
- they're
they're
99,680 corpus weight
- trying
trying
99,679 corpus weight
- united
united
99,678 corpus weight
- using
using
99,677 corpus weight
What this shows “trying” 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 | trying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #322 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “trying”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around trying (IPA /ˈtɹaɪ.ɪŋ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #322 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 trying, with forms such as "rtying", "triyng", and "trrying". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tying", "tryna", "typing", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From try + -ing. The correct English form is trying, spelled T-R-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Difficult to endure; arduous.
- 2Irritating, stressful or bothersome.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how trying appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Do you not find," he said, "that with your short sight it is a little trying to do so much typewriting?"
Troutbeck is a tiny village midway between Penrith and Keswick in a very sparsely populated part of Cumberland, and it used to be said by facetious travellers that the reason why it ever had a station at all was to give the engine a rest after it had struggled up the long and trying incline from Threlkeld.
Etymology
From try + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- rtying
- triyng
- trrying
- tryign
- tryingg
- tryinng
- trynig
- tryying
- ttrying
- tyring
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of trying - 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 "trying", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).