yielding
/ˈjiːldɪŋ/
"yielding" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“yielding” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,278. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,278
- frequency rank, English
- 366
- “Y” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - present participle and gerund of yield
Corpus desk
Index EN-yielding · yielding · English
yielding · rank #17,278 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #17,278
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 366
- PHOTO-FINISH zebra
Nearest frequency peer: zebra (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “yielding”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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82,727 corpus weight
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82,726 corpus weight
- yielding
yielding
82,723 corpus weight
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zebra
82,722 corpus weight
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82,721 corpus weight
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Abrams
82,718 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “yielding” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | yielding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈjiːldɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,278 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “yielding” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around yielding (IPA /ˈjiːldɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,278 among 366 “Y” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of yield".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for yielding, with forms such as "iyelding", "yeilding", and "yiedling". 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. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "yelling", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ȝeldinge, ȝeldynge, ȝeldinde, ȝeldand, from Old English ġyldende, ġieldende, present participle of ġieldan (“to yield, pay”), equivalent to yield + -ing. The correct English form is yielding, spelled Y-I-E-L-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1present participle and gerund of yield
Etymology
From Middle English ȝeldinge, ȝeldynge, ȝeldinde, ȝeldand, from Old English ġyldende, ġieldende, present participle of ġieldan (“to yield, pay”), equivalent to yield + -ing.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iyelding
- yeilding
- yiedling
- yieldding
- yieldign
- yieldingg
- yieldinng
- yieldnig
- yielidng
- yiellding
- yileding
- yyielding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of yielding - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "yelling". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,278 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more English words in the "Y" letter cohort. Y–Z browse
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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.