# crossing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɹɒsɪŋ/ · frequency rank #4,073

## Definitions
1. Cross-breeding.
2. Opposition; thwarting.
3. An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
4. A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
5. The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
6. A voyage across a body of water.
7. The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it.
8. Movement into a crossed position.
9. A pair of intersecting edges.
10. A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque.
11. The appropriation of a form of language by somebody who is not a member of the group that speaks it.
12. Ellipsis of pedestrian crossing.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, cross + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crossing-vs-cussing)
- **crushing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crossing-vs-crushing)
- **cruising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crossing-vs-cruising)
- **crowning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crossing-vs-crowning)
- **crowding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crossing-vs-crowding)
- **xing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crossing-vs-xing)
- **closing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/closing-vs-crossing)
- **choosing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/choosing-vs-crossing)
- **crashing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/crashing-vs-crossing)
- **cropping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cropping-vs-crossing)
- **caressing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caressing-vs-crossing)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccrossing`, `corssing`, `crosing`, `crosisng`, `crossign`, `crossingg`, `crossinng`, `crossnig`, `crrossing`, `crsosing`, `rcossing`

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