# cutting

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,435

## Definitions
1. The action of the verb to cut.
2. A section removed from a larger whole.
3. A section removed from a larger whole.
4. A section removed from a larger whole.
5. An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
6. An open passage at a level lower than the surrounding terrain, dug for a canal, railway, or road to go through.
7. The editing of film or other recordings.
8. The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
9. The act of cutting one's own skin as a symptom of a mental disorder; self-harm.

## Etymology
From cut + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **cuttings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cutting-vs-cuttings)
- **citing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/citing-vs-cutting)
- **curing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curing-vs-cutting)
- **Curtin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curtin-vs-cutting)
- **casting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casting-vs-cutting)
- **coating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coating-vs-cutting)
- **curling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curling-vs-cutting)
- **cunning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cunning-vs-cutting)
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cursing-vs-cutting)
- **cumming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cumming-vs-cutting)
- **curving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/curving-vs-cutting)
- **culling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culling-vs-cutting)
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cussing-vs-cutting)
- **cupping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cupping-vs-cutting)
- **counting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/counting-vs-cutting)
- **chatting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chatting-vs-cutting)
- **clotting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clotting-vs-cutting)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccutting`, `ctuting`, `cuting`, `cutitng`, `cuttign`, `cuttingg`, `cuttinng`, `cuttnig`, `uctting`

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