# anchoring

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,910

## Definitions
1. The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
2. The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.

## Etymology
From anchor + -ing.

## Common misspellings (14)
`acnhoring`, `ancchoring`, `anchhoring`, `anchoirng`, `anchorign`, `anchoringg`, `anchorinng`, `anchornig`, `anchorring`, `anchroing`, `ancohring`, `anhcoring`, `annchoring`, `nachoring`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/anchoring