wooing

verb

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"wooing" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wooing” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,651. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,651
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of woo

Corpus desk

Index EN-wooing · wooing · English

wooing · rank #39,651 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,651
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH WMD

Nearest frequency peer: WMD (-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 “wooing”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “wooing” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

wooing vs wrong
67% similar
wooing vs wring
67% similar
wooing vs working
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for wooing
PropertyValue
Headwordwooing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#39,651
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wooing”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).wooinglands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “WMD” (#39,650), “Winifred” (#39,648), “wring” (#39,654). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “wooing” is #39,651. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around wooing, averb. Corpus frequency is #39,651 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of woo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for wooing, with forms such as "owoing", "woiong", and "wooign". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "wrong", "wring", "working", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 wooing, spelled W-O-O-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of woo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how wooing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A man giving a gift of roses is wooing a woman.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owoing
  • woiong
  • wooign
  • wooingg
  • wooinng
  • woonig
  • wwooing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

owoing2woiong2wooign2wooingg1wooinng1woonig2wwooing1
Edit distance from "wooing"

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 "wooing"?
"wooing" is spelled W-O-O-I-N-G.
What does "wooing" mean?
As a verb, "wooing" means: present participle and gerund of woo
What words are commonly confused with "wooing"?
"wooing" is commonly confused with "wrong", "wring", "working". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "wooing" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wooing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

whoosh#39,647zipped#39,658wafers#39,642Vivien#39,639

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

waver7 variantsThiel7 variantsbatten7 variantsbeaks7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list