# defining

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #7,554

## Definitions
1. Serving to define or distinguish.

## Easily confused with
- **dining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-dining)
- **Denning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-denning)
- **definite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-definite)
- **draining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-draining)
- **desiring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-desiring)
- **devising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-devising)
- **designing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-designing)
- **detaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-detaining)
- **deciding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deciding-vs-defining)
- **defending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defending-vs-defining)
- **declining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/declining-vs-defining)
- **deafening** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/deafening-vs-defining)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddefining`, `deffining`, `defiinng`, `definign`, `definingg`, `defininng`, `definnig`, `definning`, `defniing`, `deifning`, `dfeining`, `edfining`

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