# coding

> English word · Noun · IPA /koʊdɪŋ/ · frequency rank #9,452

## Definitions
1. The process of encoding or decoding.
2. An encoding.
3. The process of writing computer software code.
4. A method of communicating important medical information discreetly and quickly between medical professionals and responders.
5. An alternative therapy used to treat addictions by convincing the patient (through hypnosis, placebos, etc.) that the substance will harm or kill them if they use it again.
6. A 1-uniform morphism; an injective morphism; a morphism that maps letter to letter
7. Ellipsis of number coding.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
English code
English -ing
English coding
From code + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **coin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-coin)
- **Cong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-cong)
- **coins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-coins)
- **Colin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-colin)
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-coming)
- **crying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-crying)
- **coping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-coping)
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-curing)
- **coking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-coking)
- **cooking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-cooking)
- **cooling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-cooling)
- **copying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-copying)
- **combing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-combing)
- **comming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-comming)
- **coining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-coining)
- **crowding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coding-vs-crowding)
- **cling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cling-vs-coding)
- **ching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ching-vs-coding)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-coding)
- **citing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-coding)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccoding`, `cdoing`, `codding`, `codign`, `codingg`, `codinng`, `codnig`, `coidng`, `ocding`

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