# chopping

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,791

## Definitions
1. The action by which something is chopped; the act of assailing something with chops.

## Easily confused with
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopping-vs-coping)
- **copying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopping-vs-copying)
- **cupping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopping-vs-cupping)
- **clapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopping-vs-clapping)
- **clipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopping-vs-clipping)
- **cropping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopping-vs-cropping)
- **Chopin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chopin-vs-chopping)
- **choking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choking-vs-chopping)
- **capping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/capping-vs-chopping)
- **choosing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choosing-vs-chopping)
- **chipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chipping-vs-chopping)
- **chirping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chirping-vs-chopping)
- **chomping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chomping-vs-chopping)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchopping`, `chhopping`, `choping`, `chopipng`, `choppign`, `choppingg`, `choppinng`, `choppnig`, `chpoping`, `cohpping`, `hcopping`

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