uncovering
"uncovering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uncovering” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,321
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act by which something is uncovered.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uncovering · uncovering · English
uncovering · rank #27,321 · 15 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #27,321
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH unannounced
Nearest frequency peer: unannounced (-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 “uncovering”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- twister
twister
72,683 corpus weight
- Ulrich
Ulrich
72,682 corpus weight
- unannounced
unannounced
72,681 corpus weight
- uncovering
uncovering
72,680 corpus weight
- undivided
undivided
72,679 corpus weight
- unsatisfact…
unsatisfactory
72,678 corpus weight
What this shows “uncovering” 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 | uncovering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “uncovering”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around uncovering, anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,321 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act by which something is uncovered.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for uncovering, with forms such as "nucovering", "ucnovering", and "unccovering". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "unwavering", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is uncovering, spelled U-N-C-O-V-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act by which something is uncovered.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uncovering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In partial compensation for this narrowed destiny the white world has lavished its politeness on its womankind,—its chivalry and bows, its uncoverings and courtesies—all the accumulated homage disused for courts and kings[…]
Although clearly we play a part in particular uncoverings of entities, the discovery of particular truths, we have no control over basic modes of revealing and revealedness, concealing and concealedness.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nucovering
- ucnovering
- unccovering
- uncoevring
- uncoveirng
- uncoverign
- uncoveringg
- uncoverinng
- uncovernig
- uncoverring
- uncovreing
- uncovvering
- uncvoering
- unncovering
- unocvering
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uncovering - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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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 (15 here; floor ≥5).