# detaining

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #39,287

## Definitions
1. A delay, hindrance, or impediment; the act of holding back.
2. The act by which someone is detained; detention.

## Easily confused with
- **draining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detaining-vs-draining)
- **defining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/defining-vs-detaining)
- **declining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/declining-vs-detaining)
- **detailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detailing-vs-detaining)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ddetaining`, `deatining`, `detaiinng`, `detainign`, `detainingg`, `detaininng`, `detainnig`, `detainning`, `detaniing`, `detianing`, `dettaining`, `dteaining`, `edtaining`

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