undressing

noun

"undressing" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“undressing” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #46,241. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,241
frequency rank, English
23,789
“U” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of removing somebody's clothes.

Key facts for undressing
PropertyValue
Headwordundressing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#46,241
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “undressing” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). undressing lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around undressing, anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,241 among 23,789 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of removing somebody's clothes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for undressing, with forms such as "nudressing", "udnressing", and "unddressing". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is undressing, spelled U-N-D-R-E-S-S-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of removing somebody's clothes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • nudressing
  • udnressing
  • unddressing
  • underssing
  • undresing
  • undresisng
  • undressign
  • undressingg
  • undressinng
  • undressnig
  • undrressing
  • undrsesing
  • unndressing
  • unrdessing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

nudressing2udnressing2unddressing1underssing2undresing1undresisng2undressign2undressingg1
Edit distance from "undressing"

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 "undressing"?
"undressing" is spelled U-N-D-R-E-S-S-I-N-G.
What does "undressing" mean?
As a noun, "undressing" means: The act of removing somebody's clothes.
What are common misspellings of "undressing"?
Common misspellings include "nudressing", "udnressing", "unddressing", "underssing", "undresing". The correct spelling is "undressing".
What language does "undressing" come from?
"undressing" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “undressing”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is U-N-D-R-E-S-S-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Same frequency band

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list