# dealing

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdiːlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,478

## Definitions
1. A business transaction.
2. One's manner of acting toward others; behaviour; interactions or relations with others.

## Etymology
From Middle English delynge, from Old English dǣling; equivalent to deal + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **Devlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-devlin)
- **drawing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-drawing)
- **decline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-decline)
- **denying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-denying)
- **dialing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-dialing)
- **delving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-delving)
- **Denning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-denning)
- **decking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-decking)
- **deeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-deeming)
- **dreaming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-dreaming)
- **dwelling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-dwelling)
- **debating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-debating)
- **dealings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-dealings)
- **delaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-delaying)
- **decaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-decaying)
- **dreading** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-dreading)
- **detailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-detailing)
- **dating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dating-vs-dealing)
- **daring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/daring-vs-dealing)
- **Deakin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deakin-vs-dealing)

## Common misspellings (10)
`daeling`, `ddealing`, `deailng`, `dealign`, `dealingg`, `dealinng`, `dealling`, `dealnig`, `delaing`, `edaling`

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