ending

\ɛn.diŋ\

/\ɛn.diŋ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ending” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,769. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,769
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Générique de fin d’un anime ou une série.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ending · ending · French

ending · rank #41,769 · 9 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,769
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH endetter

Nearest frequency peer: endetter (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ending »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ending » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

ending vs enfin
67% similar
ending vs engin
67% similar
ending vs Ewing
50% similar

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

Key facts for ending
PropertyValue
Headwordending
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛn.diŋ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#41,769
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ending »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).endingse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « endetter » (#41,768), « enfouir » (#41,770), « encaissement » (#41,767). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « ending » est au #41,769. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ending (IPA \ɛn.diŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,769 among 3,255 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ending, with forms such as "edning", "endding", and "endign". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "enfin", "engin", "Ewing", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ending, spelled E-N-D-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Générique de fin d’un anime ou une série.
  2. 2
    Thème musical de ce générique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et là un ending totalement épique se lance […]
  2. Un opening c'est la musique que tu entends au début de l'anime comme ouverture, et l'ending celui de la fin

Antonyms

opening

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • edning
  • endding
  • endign
  • endingg
  • endinng
  • endnig
  • enidng
  • ennding
  • neding

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

edning2endding1endign2endingg1endinng1endnig2enidng2ennding1
Edit distance from "ending"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ending"?
"ending" is spelled E-N-D-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛn.diŋ\.
What does "ending" mean?
As a noun, "ending" means: Générique de fin d’un anime ou une série.
What words are commonly confused with "ending"?
"ending" is commonly confused with "enfin", "engin", "Ewing". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ending"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ending" is \ɛn.diŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ending" come from?
"ending" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

enfouir9 variantsellipses9 variantsexigera9 variantsgageure9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list