uttering
"uttering" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“uttering” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,477. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,477
- frequency rank, English
- 1,433
- “U” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An utterance; something spoken.
Corpus desk
Index EN-uttering · uttering · English
uttering · rank #42,477 · 10 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,477
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,433
- PHOTO-FINISH uta
Nearest frequency peer: uta (-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 “uttering”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- uppers
uppers
57,527 corpus weight
- Urquhart
Urquhart
57,526 corpus weight
- uta
uta
57,525 corpus weight
- uttering
uttering
57,524 corpus weight
- velvety
velvety
57,522 corpus weight
- vim
vim
57,521 corpus weight
What this shows “uttering” 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 | uttering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “uttering”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around uttering, anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,477 among 1,433 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for uttering, with forms such as "tutering", "utering", and "utetring". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "uterine", "ushering", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is uttering, spelled U-T-T-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1An utterance; something spoken.
- 2The crime of knowingly presenting forged documentation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how uttering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The girl using a fake ID to enter a bar was guilty of uttering.
If two jointly prepare counterfeit coin, and utter it in different shops apart from each other, but in concert, and intending to share the proceeds, the utterings of each are the joint utterings of both, and they may be convicted jointly.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- tutering
- utering
- utetring
- utteirng
- utterign
- utteringg
- utterinng
- utternig
- utterring
- uttreing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uttering - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "uttering", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).