vexing
"vexing" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vexing” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,549
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of vex
Corpus desk
Index EN-vexing · vexing · English
vexing · rank #48,549 · 9 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,549
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH valerian
Nearest frequency peer: valerian (-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 “vexing”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- usefully
usefully
51,456 corpus weight
- vagueness
vagueness
51,454 corpus weight
- valerian
valerian
51,453 corpus weight
- vexing
vexing
51,452 corpus weight
- Vivaldi
Vivaldi
51,450 corpus weight
- vocab
vocab
51,448 corpus weight
What this shows “vexing” 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 | vexing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #48,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vexing”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around vexing, averb. Corpus frequency is #48,549 among 969 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of vex".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for vexing, with forms such as "evxing", "veixng", and "vexign". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "vying", "voting", "Viking", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English vexynge (“harassment”); equivalent to vex + -ing. The correct English form is vexing, spelled V-E-X-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of vex
Etymology
From Middle English vexynge (“harassment”); equivalent to vex + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evxing
- veixng
- vexign
- vexingg
- vexinng
- vexnig
- vexxing
- vvexing
- vxeing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vexing - 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.
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 "vexing", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).