# deciding

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/ · frequency rank #5,953

## Definitions
1. The act of making a decision.

## Easily confused with
- **decking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deciding-vs-decking)
- **defining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deciding-vs-defining)
- **dividing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deciding-vs-dividing)
- **decoding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deciding-vs-decoding)
- **desiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deciding-vs-desiring)
- **devising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deciding-vs-devising)
- **declining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deciding-vs-declining)
- **decaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decaying-vs-deciding)
- **deceiving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deceiving-vs-deciding)

## Common misspellings (12)
`dceiding`, `ddeciding`, `decciding`, `decdiing`, `decidding`, `decidign`, `decidingg`, `decidinng`, `decidnig`, `deciidng`, `deicding`, `edciding`

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