# discarding

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #34,023

## Definitions
1. The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.
2. Discarded material.

## Easily confused with
- **discerning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/discarding-vs-discerning)
- **discharging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/discarding-vs-discharging)
- **disarming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/disarming-vs-discarding)

## Common misspellings (16)
`ddiscarding`, `dicsarding`, `disacrding`, `discadring`, `discardding`, `discardign`, `discardingg`, `discardinng`, `discardnig`, `discaridng`, `discarrding`, `disccarding`, `discrading`, `disscarding`, `dsicarding`, `idscarding`

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