vying
/ˈvaɪ.ɪŋ/
"vying" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vying” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,235. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,235
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of vie
Corpus desk
Index EN-vying · vying · English
vying · rank #32,235 · 8 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,235
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Wabash
Nearest frequency peer: Wabash (+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 “vying”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- vegetative
vegetative
67,770 corpus weight
- Velcro
Velcro
67,769 corpus weight
- Verne
Verne
67,768 corpus weight
- vying
vying
67,766 corpus weight
- Wabash
Wabash
67,765 corpus weight
- Waltham
Waltham
67,763 corpus weight
What this shows “vying” 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 | vying |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈvaɪ.ɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #32,235 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vying”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around vying (IPA /ˈvaɪ.ɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,235 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for vying, with forms such as "viyng", "vvying", and "vyign". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "vein", "vain", "vine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is vying, spelled V-Y-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of vie
- 2present participle and gerund of vy
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- viyng
- vvying
- vyign
- vyingg
- vyinng
- vynig
- vyying
- yving
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vying - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).