using
\ˈju.zɪŋ\
The verdict
“using” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,596. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,596
- frequency rank, French
- 456
- “U” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de use.
Corpus desk
Index FR-using · using · French
using · rank #37,596 · 7 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,596
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 456
- PHOTO-FINISH usher
Nearest frequency peer: usher (-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 « using »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- UBS
UBS
62,408 corpus weight
- usher
usher
62,406 corpus weight
- using
using
62,405 corpus weight
- vacante
vacante
62,404 corpus weight
- Valladolid
Valladolid
62,403 corpus weight
- vanier
vanier
62,402 corpus weight
What this shows « using » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | using |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈju.zɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #37,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « using »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around using (IPA \ˈju.zɪŋ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #37,596 among 456 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de use.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for using, with forms such as "suing", "uisng", and "usign". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "usité", "usine", "urine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is using, spelled U-S-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Participe présent de use.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- suing
- uisng
- usign
- usingg
- usinng
- usnig
- ussing
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of using - 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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "using", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).