typing

Name: typing, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈtaɪpɪŋ/

//ˈtaɪpɪŋ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“typing” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,120. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,120
frequency rank, English: 3,151
“T” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assigning or classification by type.

Corpus desk

Index EN-typing · typing · English

typing · rank #9,120 · 10 variants · 19 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,120
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 3,151
PHOTO-FINISH urine

Nearest frequency peer: urine (+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.

treason

90,883
typing

90,881
urine

90,880
vanilla

90,879
Vermont

90,878
Vic

90,877

What this shows “typing” 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).

typing vs typist

67% similar

typing vs ting

67% similar

typing vs thing

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for typing
Property	Value
Headword	typing
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈtaɪpɪŋ/
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#9,120
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	19
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “typing”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).typinglands here:

#9,120

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “urine” (#9,121), “treason” (#9,118), “vanilla” (#9,122). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “typing” is #9,120. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around typing (IPA /ˈtaɪpɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,120 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 typing, with forms such as "tpying", "ttyping", and "tyipng". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "typist", "ting", "thing", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: By surface analysis, type + -ing. The correct English form is typing, spelled T-Y-P-I-N-G.

Definition

1
Assigning or classification by type.
2
The act of typing on a keyboard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how typing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Near-synonyms: classifying, categorizing; classification, categorization; sorting
"My memory of him in the office at Peterborough was the ferocious nature of his typing, on a manual machine of course. This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard."

Etymology

By surface analysis, type + -ing.

This word in other languages

tecleado(Español)typage(Français)Tippen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

tpying
ttyping
tyipng
typign
typingg
typinng
typnig
typping
tyyping
ytping

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of typing - 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.

Edit distance from "typing"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "typing"?

"typing" is spelled T-Y-P-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtaɪpɪŋ/.

What does "typing" mean?

As a noun, "typing" means: Assigning or classification by type.

What words are commonly confused with "typing"?

"typing" is commonly confused with "typist", "ting", "thing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "typing"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "typing" is /ˈtaɪpɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "typing"?

By surface analysis, type + -ing. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "typing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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