# connecting

> English word · Verb · IPA /kəˈnɛktɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,486

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of connect

## Easily confused with
- **connection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connecting-vs-connection)
- **contacting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connecting-vs-contacting)
- **correcting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connecting-vs-correcting)
- **contesting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connecting-vs-contesting)
- **consenting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connecting-vs-consenting)
- **connective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connecting-vs-connective)
- **connections** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connecting-vs-connections)
- **collecting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collecting-vs-connecting)
- **conducting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conducting-vs-connecting)

## Common misspellings (14)
`cconnecting`, `cnonecting`, `conecting`, `conencting`, `connceting`, `conneccting`, `connecitng`, `connectign`, `connectingg`, `connectinng`, `connectnig`, `connectting`, `connetcing`, `ocnnecting`

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