# dating

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdeɪt.ɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,035

## Definitions
1. A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.
2. An estimation of the age of an artifact, biological vestige, linguistic usage, etc.
3. The setting of a date on which an event or transaction is to take place or take effect.

## Easily confused with
- **ding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-ding)
- **doing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-doing)
- **dying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dying)
- **during** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-during)
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dining)
- **diving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-diving)
- **drying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-drying)
- **doping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-doping)
- **dyeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dyeing)
- **dozing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dozing)
- **dealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dealing)
- **drawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-drawing)
- **dieting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dieting)
- **dusting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dusting)
- **dialing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dialing)
- **dawning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dawning)
- **debating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-debating)
- **daunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-daunting)
- **dang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dang-vs-dating)
- **daring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dating)

## Common misspellings (9)
`adting`, `daitng`, `datign`, `datingg`, `datinng`, `datnig`, `datting`, `ddating`, `dtaing`

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