# detecting

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #14,510

## Definitions
1. An act of detection.

## Easily confused with
- **detective** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detecting-vs-detective)
- **detection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/detecting-vs-detection)
- **depicting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/depicting-vs-detecting)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ddetecting`, `deetcting`, `detceting`, `deteccting`, `detecitng`, `detectign`, `detectingg`, `detectinng`, `detectnig`, `detectting`, `detetcing`, `dettecting`, `dteecting`, `edtecting`

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