# contracting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #12,022

## Definitions
1. The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction.
2. Work done on a contract basis.

## Easily confused with
- **contraction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contracting-vs-contraction)
- **contrasting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contracting-vs-contrasting)
- **contacting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contacting-vs-contracting)
- **constructing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/constructing-vs-contracting)

## Common misspellings (18)
`ccontracting`, `cnotracting`, `conntracting`, `conrtacting`, `contarcting`, `contraccting`, `contracitng`, `contractign`, `contractingg`, `contractinng`, `contractnig`, `contractting`, `contratcing`, `contrcating`, `contrracting`, `conttracting`, `cotnracting`, `ocntracting`

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