undoing
/ʌnˈduːɪŋ/
"undoing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“undoing” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,292. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,292
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of loosening or unfastening
Corpus desk
Index EN-undoing · undoing · English
undoing · rank #26,292 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,292
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH uncompromising
Nearest frequency peer: uncompromising (-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 “undoing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tunic
tunic
73,713 corpus weight
- tweaked
tweaked
73,712 corpus weight
- uncompromis…
uncompromising
73,710 corpus weight
- undoing
undoing
73,709 corpus weight
- unmistakable
unmistakable
73,708 corpus weight
- unruly
unruly
73,707 corpus weight
What this shows “undoing” 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 | undoing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʌnˈduːɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,292 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “undoing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around undoing (IPA /ʌnˈduːɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,292 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for undoing, with forms such as "nudoing", "udnoing", and "unddoing". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "undone", "uniting", "undying", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English undoinge, undoynge, ondoynge; equivalent to undo + -ing. The correct English form is undoing, spelled U-N-D-O-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act of loosening or unfastening
- 2Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin.
- 3Annulment; reversal
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how undoing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the end, his jealousy was his undoing.
So far as the ape was concerned, Sabor reasoned correctly. The little fellow crouched trembling just an instant, but that instant was quite long enough to prove his undoing.
Etymology
From Middle English undoinge, undoynge, ondoynge; equivalent to undo + -ing.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nudoing
- udnoing
- unddoing
- undiong
- undoign
- undoingg
- undoinng
- undonig
- unndoing
- unoding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of undoing - 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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