vomiting

noun

"vomiting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vomiting” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #12,527. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,527
frequency rank, English
7,391
“V” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of one who vomits, or the matter that is vomited.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vomiting vs voting
75% similar
vomiting vs voicing
75% similar
vomiting vs visiting
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vomiting
PropertyValue
Headwordvomiting
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,527
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vomiting” 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). vomiting 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 12 spelling variants around vomiting, anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,527 among 7,391 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The act of one who vomits, or the matter that is vomited.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for vomiting, with forms such as "ovmiting", "vmoiting", and "voimting". 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, "voting", "voicing", "visiting", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is vomiting, spelled V-O-M-I-T-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of one who vomits, or the matter that is vomited.

Synonyms

purgingthrowing upvomit

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ovmiting
  • vmoiting
  • voimting
  • vomiitng
  • vomitign
  • vomitingg
  • vomitinng
  • vomitnig
  • vomitting
  • vommiting
  • vomtiing
  • vvomiting

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ovmiting2vmoiting2voimting2vomiitng2vomitign2vomitingg1vomitinng1vomitnig2
Edit distance from "vomiting"

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 "vomiting"?
"vomiting" is spelled V-O-M-I-T-I-N-G.
What does "vomiting" mean?
As a noun, "vomiting" means: The act of one who vomits, or the matter that is vomited.
What words are commonly confused with "vomiting"?
"vomiting" is commonly confused with "voting", "voicing", "visiting". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "vomiting" come from?
"vomiting" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “vomiting”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is V-O-M-I-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “voting” - see the side-by-side comparison. vomiting vs voting
  • 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list