# delaying

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #17,342

## Definitions
1. A delay.

## Easily confused with
- **denying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delaying-vs-denying)
- **delving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/delaying-vs-delving)
- **dealing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dealing-vs-delaying)
- **debating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/debating-vs-delaying)
- **decaying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/decaying-vs-delaying)
- **declaring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/declaring-vs-delaying)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddelaying`, `dealying`, `delaiyng`, `delayign`, `delayingg`, `delayinng`, `delaynig`, `delayying`, `dellaying`, `delyaing`, `dleaying`, `edlaying`

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