# compounding

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #25,712

## Definitions
1. An accumulation of compound interest.
2. The act of mixing or combining substances to make a compound, such as a medicine
3. The use of steam more than once in a steam engine or turbine, in additional low-pressure cylinders etc.

## Easily confused with
- **confounding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compounding-vs-confounding)

## Common misspellings (17)
`ccompounding`, `cmopounding`, `commpounding`, `comopunding`, `componuding`, `compoudning`, `compoundding`, `compoundign`, `compoundingg`, `compoundinng`, `compoundnig`, `compounidng`, `compounnding`, `comppounding`, `compuonding`, `copmounding`, `ocmpounding`

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