welcoming

adj

"welcoming" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“welcoming” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,153. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,153
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - hospitable, accessible and cordial.

Corpus desk

Index EN-welcoming · welcoming · English

welcoming · rank #10,153 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,153
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH Webb

Nearest frequency peer: Webb (-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 “welcoming”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “welcoming” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for welcoming
PropertyValue
Headwordwelcoming
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,153
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “welcoming”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).welcominglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Webb” (#10,152), “whales” (#10,154), “viewer” (#10,151). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “welcoming” is #10,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around welcoming, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,153 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "hospitable, accessible and cordial.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for welcoming, with forms such as "ewlcoming", "wecloming", and "welccoming". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From welcome + -ing. The correct English form is welcoming, spelled W-E-L-C-O-M-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    hospitable, accessible and cordial.

Etymology

From welcome + -ing.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ewlcoming
  • wecloming
  • welccoming
  • welcmoing
  • welcoimng
  • welcomign
  • welcomingg
  • welcominng
  • welcomming
  • welcomnig
  • wellcoming
  • welocming
  • wlecoming
  • wwelcoming

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ewlcoming2wecloming2welccoming1welcmoing2welcoimng2welcomign2welcomingg1welcominng1
Edit distance from "welcoming"

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 "welcoming"?
"welcoming" is spelled W-E-L-C-O-M-I-N-G.
What does "welcoming" mean?
As an adjective, "welcoming" means: hospitable, accessible and cordial.
What are common misspellings of "welcoming"?
Common misspellings include "ewlcoming", "wecloming", "welccoming", "welcmoing", "welcoimng". The correct spelling is "welcoming".
What is the origin of the word "welcoming"?
From welcome + -ing. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "welcoming", 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).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list