weighting
"weighting" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“weighting” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,889. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,889
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.
Corpus desk
Index EN-weighting · weighting · English
weighting · rank #29,889 · 14 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,889
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH walrus
Nearest frequency peer: walrus (-3 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 “weighting”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- visor
visor
70,117 corpus weight
- volta
volta
70,116 corpus weight
- walrus
walrus
70,115 corpus weight
- weighting
weighting
70,112 corpus weight
- withers
withers
70,109 corpus weight
- wrongfully
wrongfully
70,108 corpus weight
What this shows “weighting” 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 | weighting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #29,889 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “weighting”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around weighting, anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,889 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for weighting, with forms such as "ewighting", "wegihting", and "weigghting". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "weighing", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is weighting, spelled W-E-I-G-H-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The weight or significance given to something, sometimes by means of a statistical multiplier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how weighting appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Higher weightings were assigned to data from double-blind studies.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ewighting
- wegihting
- weigghting
- weighhting
- weighitng
- weightign
- weightingg
- weightinng
- weightnig
- weightting
- weigthing
- weihgting
- wieghting
- wweighting
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of weighting - 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 "weighting", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).