weaving
/ˈwiːvɪŋ/
"weaving" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weaving” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,251. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,251
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of making woven material on a loom.
Corpus desk
Index EN-weaving · weaving · English
weaving · rank #14,251 · 10 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,251
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH waved
Nearest frequency peer: waved (-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 “weaving”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- viola
viola
85,753 corpus weight
- waterfall
waterfall
85,752 corpus weight
- waved
waved
85,751 corpus weight
- weaving
weaving
85,750 corpus weight
- welding
welding
85,749 corpus weight
- whereabouts
whereabouts
85,748 corpus weight
What this shows “weaving” 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 | weaving |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwiːvɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “weaving”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around weaving (IPA /ˈwiːvɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,251 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for weaving, with forms such as "ewaving", "waeving", and "weaivng". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "wedding", "welding", "weeping", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 weaving, spelled W-E-A-V-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The process of making woven material on a loom.
- 2A piece of such material.
- 3An unsteady back and forth motion.
- 4The uncontrolled crossing of multiple streams of traffic in the same general direction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how weaving appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In the 1960s, in addition to small-scale weavings influenced by American Indian, Peruvian and African art, she began producing enigmatic assemblage boxes and collages, including postcard collages, which she sent to friends.
Through some ill-understood quirk of balance, his drunken weavings did nothing to upset the tray — it seemed to remain calmly horizontal.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewaving
- waeving
- weaivng
- weavign
- weavingg
- weavinng
- weavnig
- weavving
- wevaing
- wweaving
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weaving - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "weaving", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).