withholding
/wɪθˈhəʊldɪŋ/
"withholding" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“withholding” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,225
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - present participle and gerund of withhold
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | withholding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /wɪθˈhəʊldɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #18,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “withholding” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around withholding (IPA /wɪθˈhəʊldɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,225 among 12,113 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of withhold".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for withholding, with forms such as "iwthholding", "wihtholding", and "withhloding". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 withholding, spelled W-I-T-H-H-O-L-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of withhold
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iwthholding,wihtholding,withhloding,withhodling,withholdding,withholdign,withholdingg,withholdinng,withholdnig,withholidng,withhollding,withohlding,witholding,witthholding,wtihholding,wwithholding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of withholding - 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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Using “withholding”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-T-H-H-O-L-D-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /wɪθˈhəʊldɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.