witching
"witching" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“witching” is an uncommon English word, ranked #64,131 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #64,131
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | witching |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #64,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “witching” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for witching is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #64,131 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
witching has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing. The correct English form is witching, spelled W-I-T-C-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers.
- 2Of a person: having the power to bewitch someone or something.
- 3Bewitching, enchanting.
Etymology
From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.
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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Using “witching”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-T-C-H-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.