visiting
\ˈvɪz.ɪ.tɪŋ\
The verdict
“visiting” is uncommon French (frequency #99,747 among 148,117 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,747
- frequency rank, French
- 148,117
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participe présent du verbe to visit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | visiting |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈvɪz.ɪ.tɪŋ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #99,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “visiting” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
visiting is uncommon French at frequency #99,747 among 148,117 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈvɪz.ɪ.tɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for visiting, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is visiting, spelled V-I-S-I-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Participe présent du verbe to visit.
- 2En visite.
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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Using “visiting”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-I-S-I-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈvɪz.ɪ.tɪŋ\ (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.